The rapid growth of plant-based meats in recent years has begun to fundamentally alter agricultural supply chains, creating new demand for key ingredients like cocoa butter and coconut oil. Yet even as the plant-based meat industry is snapping up more of those ingredients, small farmers say they’re not seeing any benefit.
Discussing the potential of plant based meat and its special relationship with coconut oil, CKC and other coconut stakeholders debate how plant-based meat’s dependence on coconut and cacao could become a smallholder benefit or a liability.
Article by Nithin Coca and published originally by Vox.
Nithin Coca is an Asia-focused freelance journalist who covers climate, environment, and supply chains across the region.
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