Here’s the problem with America and palm oil. The disaster in Indonesia has been out of sight for so long, we’re years behind as a country and a culture. We’re still at the point where “Just Saying No” to palm oil is perceived as a principled position. It’s not. The Dangers of Being Righteous From Afar More than one of our customers has been criticized, recently, for using palm oil in their soaps. They use it, of course, because we do. But then, we’ve also heard from people …

The sales of organic products – from beef to produce to soap – have been growing by double-digit percentages every year for over a decade. Projections have that trend continuing globally at least until 2020. Which is why so many producers who don’t actually make organic products want to look like they do. When asked by customers about using the word organic on their labeling, we’ve always had a fairly simple response. If you’re playing by the rules – as we do – …