Many of you have already joined in Rainforest Action Network’s new effort to target companies that use palm oil which destroys rainforest destruction in food, cosmetics and detergents.

Now we’re kicking this into high gear and I need you join in.

http://www.theproblemwithpalmoil.org/

On July 1, Brihannala Morgan, a Rainforest Agribusiness Campaigner, will start sending letters warning companies that using palm oil in their products just will not be tolerated.

Get your friends to join your “Palm Oil Inspection Team” and visit your supermarket. Check the candy, snack food and soap/detergents aisles and mark down the 12 or 13-digit UPC number of products that contain any of the following:

* palm oil
* palm kernel oil
* palm fruit oil
* palmitate

Download the form outlining what information you need to collect

Enter your UPC codes and score points for every palm oil product or alternative that you’re the first to register.

Fill out the online sleuthing form!

Keep adding more products as you find them. Those who collect the most products will be listed on the site.

The Rainforest Action Network’s next step will be to send letters to all the companies, both those that use palm oil and those that don’t, asking them to join them in putting pressure on ADM, Bunge, and Cargill to
supply a truly sustainable source of the oil.

July 1 is their deadline to identify companies that use palm oil and start the next phase of the campaign. Go to http://www.theproblemwithpalmoil.org/ and enter your products now.

Once RAN put these companies on notice, they’ll be following up with a targeted, hard-hitting campaign in the fall. Your help is the first step in making sure that they warn as many companies as possible that they are not going to stand for the destruction of rainforests and communities in our food and cosmetics, and to put pressure on ADM, Bunge, and Cargill to make real changes and create real, sustainable alternatives.

Visit http://www.theproblemwithpalmoil.org/ by July 1!

Get everyone into the act. The more sleuths they have, the sooner they’ll find all the palm oil products hiding in our supermarkets.

Tell your friends about the problem with palm oil

Or you could film your sleuthing like RAN did and upload your video to YouTube as a video response to their channel.

Keep it real!

-Cara