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Palm oil / strawberries / asparagus / who cares?

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Let's be honest here: the majority of consumers don't care at all whether palm oil is in a product. They also don't care if seasonal products such as strawberries or asparagus are brought to us from distant destinations several months in advance and are still sold in the stores for several times less. The transportation costs and labour costs of foreign producers are so low that Migros and other major distributors still earn enough from the products. A small example: Migros is using more and more palm oil that is largely "sustainably" produced, which leads to an increased demand for palm oil. The fact is: 200 football pitches of rainforest are cleared every hour (!) to produce palm oil...

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