From the Inbox - Stop palm oil slavery

		Tell Cargill to keep slave labor out of America’s food supply. Dear Supporter, The palm oil plantations that Cargill has purchased from—and distributed to America’s household food brands—are rife with human rights violations, including slavery. Want to remove this shocking reality from your pantry? Start by letting Cargill know that slave labor is unacceptable. In Java last year, I interviewed two men with identical stories of being lured away from their hometowns with the promise of well paid work by Cargill supplier Kuala Lumpur Kepong (KLK). The two were exposed to toxic chemicals in the palm oil fields with no protection and kept under lock and key at night by armed security. Each finally escaped these horrendous slave labor conditions without ever being paid. I need your help to convince Cargill to stop filling America’s food supply with palm oil that causes environmental and human rights violations like these. You’ve already been a massive help in putting Cargill on the path to protecting Indonesia’s rainforests. Just last week, Cargill announced it will finally be offering North American customers palm oil certified by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO). Just two years ago Cargill claimed this was impossible. Your pressure made it happen. Thank you. We’ve clearly got a few more steps to go to ensure Cargill’s on the right side of rainforests, and I’m asking you to take those steps by my side. Are you with me? For the forests, Ashley Schaeffer Rainforest Agribusiness Campaigner Twitter: @probwithpalmoil
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