TY  - BOOK
AU  - Zuckerman,Jocelyn C.
TI  - Planet palm: how palm oil ended up in everything-and endangered the world 
SN  - 9781620975237
PY  - 2021///
CY  - New York
PB  - The New Press
KW  - Palms
KW  - Utilization
KW  - Palm oil
KW  - Palm products
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Prologue: Oil crisis -- Unguent of empire. Goldie goes in ; the flavor of home ; The Napoleon of soap ; Playboys of the South China Sea -- Something's rotten. Silent summers ; Caravan dreams ; The world is fat ; Smog over Singapore -- Fate of a fruit. Nutella and other smears ; Fight the power -- Epilogue: Post-pandemic palm
N2  - "Jocelyn C. Zuckerman spent years traveling the globe, from Liberia to Indonesia, India to Brazil, reporting on the human and environmental impacts of this poorly understood plant. The result is Planet Palm, a riveting account blending history, science, politics, and food as seen through the people whose lives have been upended by this hidden ingredient. This groundbreaking work of first-rate journalism compels us to examine the connections between the choices we make at the grocery store and a planet under siege"--
ER  -