ConAgra joins movement for deforestation-free palm oil

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Large investors withdraw a shareowner resolution after the packaged food giant agrees to remove tree-cutting palm oil suppliers from its supply chain

The destructive effects of global deforestation have been well-documented. The leveling of rainforest in order to build plantations for the production of palm oil - the world's most widely used vegetable...

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