1. Innovative Organic Ingredients

2. Socially and ecologically sustainable Organic palm oil production in Brazil

3. Ciranda’s palm fruit is grown in north-eastern Brazil by Agropalma

6. Organic palm and Amazon forest reserve areas

7. Palm plantation Native forest

8. Organic palm plantation

9. Environment Trees are planted further apart to allow sun to penetrate to the soil holding groundcover. Legume ‘ Puerária’ provides nitrogen and protects soil from erosion Leaves are left to compost

10. Insect traps are used instead of insecticides

11. Palm fruit clusters are cut by hand

12. Palm fruit clusters are gathered Note hearing protection for workers

13. Transport box full of palm fruit clusters

14. Unloading palm fruit clusters at the crude oil processing plant

15. ‘ Pressure cookers’ steam the palm to free the oil for processing

16. Plucking the fruit from the clusters

17. Filter press removes impurities

18. Piped down to a dock where…

19. … a small barge trans- ports it down river to the final processing

20. Secondary Oil Processing and Shortening Production - Aerial view of plant

21. Unloading the crude oil

22. Oil processing tower

23. Red, virgin palm oil is refined into palm oil RBD. This is separated into olein and stearin. Shortening is a blend of the olein and stearin. Oil processing and shortening production Red palm oil Refined, Bleached and Deodorized (RBD) Olein Stearin Shortening

24. Palm oil is refined without chemicals: bleached with clay and deodorized with steam

25. Crystallization tank chills refined RBD oil so olein and stearn can be separated.

26. Filter press removing crystallized stearin

27. Laboratory continuously monitors oil quality

28. Shortening is made of blends of olein and stearin through controlled crystallization

29. Environment 70% of the land is protected as original or recovering native forest. (shown is second growth)

30. Environment Seasonal wetlands are respected and protected from polluting run off

31. Environment ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems Identify and control the environmental impact of activities; improve environmental performance; systematic approach to set environmental objectives and demonstrate achievement

32. Environment Native species, their habitat requirements and restoration plan have been developed by biologists from Sao Paulo University. Conservation wardens protect them from hunting. Red Howler Monkey © 2006 Alessandro Catenazzi

33. Environment Areas include 346 bird species, nearly 66% of all bird species ever recorded. Seven endangered species have been repatriated. Golden Parakeet White Hawk

34. By-products of palm processing Cluster and ash are recycled as fertilizer Fiber is used to heat the boilers to run the processing.

35. Fiber is collected and used to run the boilers

36. Environment Palm cluster husks are trucked back to the forests and spread as compost.

37. Environment Biodiesel, made on-site from palm oil waste (soapstock), fuels the hundreds of tractors and trucks on the farm.

40. Dendê Oil Family Agriculture Project A quest for sustainable economic and social development By Rosa Maria Fischer, Monica Bose and Paulo da Rocha Borba “ Perennial crop production means ongoing income. Steady and higher incomes reduce rural migration and strengthen local communities.” Harvard Review of Latin America, Fall 2006

41. - 185 farm families involved initially - 25 acres per family, provided legal title to the land - $130/month loan at 4% interest to fund startup expenses and income 7 year grace period on loan repayment - Crop yield started in 2003 - 30 crop cycle

45. Social School and medical clinic provided 480 students Graduation party!

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