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DO YOU READ THE LABELS ON THE PRODUCTS YOU BUY? WELL MANY TIMES THE INGREDIENTS ARE NOT
ONLY NOT GOOD FOR US, BUT ALSO THE ENVIRONMENT. FOR INSTANCE, PALM OIL IS FOUND IN THOUSANDS
OF PRODUCTS THAT WE REGULARLY USE, BUT MOST OF US DON'T REALIZE HOW IT CAN NEGATIVELY
IMPACT THE ENVIRONMENT. SO JOINING US TODAY TO GIVE US A BETTER UNDERSTANDING IS RONNA
PHELPS, THE CO-FOUNDER OF FREE BY CHANDLER FARM, AND RONNA, I WANNA THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR BEING WITH US TODAY. WELL, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
THIS IS REALLY KIND OF EXCITING AND NEW FOR ME, AND WHAT EXACTLY IS PALM OIL AND WHERE
DO WE FIND IT IN OUR DAILY LIVES? PALM OIL ACTUALLY IS A PLANT AND A LOT OF
PEOPLE GET IT CONFUSED WITH A COCONUT TREE--. (IN UNISON) --OR A PALM TREE.
I'M THINKING BEAUTIFUL. RIGHT.
RIGHT? RIGHT. BUT IT'S ACTUALLY A LOWER LYING PLANT
AND IN THE CENTER OF THAT PLANT ARE THE, UM, PALM OIL SEEDS. AND ON THE OUTSIDE--LIKE I
ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE TO THINK OF IT LIKE A APRICOT--YOU'VE GOT THE FLESH, THE FRUIT PART ON THE OUTSIDE,
AND THEN THE KERNEL ON THE INSIDE. AND THEY USE THE RED PALM OIL ON THE OUTSIDE, AND THEN
THEY ALSO CRUSH THE KERNEL ON THE INSIDE. SO SOMETIMES YOU'LL SEE RED PALM OIL, YOU'LL
SEE PALM KERNEL OIL, PALMITATE, VITAMIN A...IT COMES IN SO MANY FORMS.
BUT HOW IS PALM OIL NEGATIVELY AFFECTING THE ENVIRONMENT?
IT IS DESTROYING THE RAINFOREST IN INDONESIA--. WOW.
--AND THE ORANGUTANS. AND THE ORANGUTANS, UNFORTUNATELY, COULD BE THE FIRST GREAT APE
WE SEE GO EXTINCT IN OUR LIFETIME. AND I SEE YOUR NECKLACE.
YES. YOU'RE WEARING AN ORANGUTAN.
YES. SO, THIS...THIS PALM OIL THAT'S BEING PUT
IN SO MANY PRODUCTS IS REALLY DESTROYING THE RAINFOREST, IT'S--.
IT IS. --IT'S THAT.
IT IS. AND I THINK, OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, WITH THE ELIMINATION OF HYDROGENATED OILS
IN A LOT OF OUR FOODS--. MM HMM.
--PALM OIL IS A GOOD REMEDY FOR THAT, BUT IT'S NOT--.
WELL, IT'S A CHEAP REPLACEMENT. --IT'S...A CHEAPER, A CHEAPER REMEDY TO REPLACE
THAT BUT IT'S NOT GOOD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, AND...
YOU HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE IN THE FIELD, THOUGH. BEFORE WE GO ON. YOU WORK WITH ANIMALS,
AND...AND...AND HAVE BEEN TO THE RAINFOREST, RIGHT?
YES. I HAVE GONE TO INDONESIA AND BORNEO AND SEEN ORANGUTANS IN THE WILD, AND I'VE ALSO
BEEN A KEEPER ASSISTANT FOR THE LAST 17 YEARS WITH ORANGUTANS AND GORILLAS, AND I ALSO HAVE
BEEN INVOLVED WITH DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS AROUND THE COUNTRY AND HAVE SOME PRETTY CLOSE
RELATIONSHIPS WITH SOME ORANGUTANS. SO YOU HAVE CREATED THESE PRODUCTS THAT ARE
100% PALM OIL-FREE. YES.
TELL ME ABOUT THAT. WELL, I WAS WANTED TO COME UP WITH A SKIN
CARE LINE SO PEOPLE WOULD HAVE AN OPTION TO BUY SOME PRODUCTS THAT DIDN'T HAVE PALM OIL
IN IT, BECAUSE THEY ARE SO PREVALENT IN FOOD AND BEAUTY PRODUCTS AND JUST EVERYWHERE IN
OUR LIVES, AND I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE AN OPTION THAT PEOPLE COULD USE IN
THEIR DAILY LIFE. AND I REALLY FEEL LIKE IF PEOPLE MAKE ONE CHANGE IN THEIR DAILY ACTIVITY
IT WOULD HAVE A HUGE IMPACT ON THE DEMAND ON PALM OIL AND THE DEMAND ON THE RAINFOREST
AND THE ANIMALS. THAT'S SO GREAT. I LOVE THE PACKAGING. YOU'VE
GOT TO TELL US ABOUT THESE PRODUCTS, BECAUSE I...YOU KNOW, I SEE A HAND CREAM. I SEE A
SOAP, BUT I ALSO SEE SOME AMAZING PICTURES OF ORANGUTANS THAT I LOVE AND MY CHILDREN
ARE GONNA LOVE. YOU GOTTA TELL ME ABOUT THESE. RIGHT. AND THAT'S WHAT'S SO FUN TOO. I THOUGHT
IT WOULD BE FUN TO NAME EACH ONE OF OUR PRODUCTS AFTER A DIFFERENT ORANGUTAN AND TELL THEIR
STORY. AND, UM, SOME OF THE ORANGUTANS THAT OUR PRODUCTS ARE NAMED AFTER ARE...SOME ARE
CAPTIVE AND SOME OF THEM ARE WILD. UM, BUT THEY EACH HAVE SUCH HEART-WARMING STORIES
AND I REALLY ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GO TO OUR WEBSITE AND READ THEIR BIOS BECAUSE THEY'RE
JUST AMAZING ANIMALS. AND I'M LOOKING DOWN HERE. I GOTTA GO HERE.
WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, FIRST OF ALL, I THINK IT'S A BODY WASH AND THEN A BODY BUTTER, BUT
TELL ME ABOUT THESE TWO PRODUCTS. SO THE BODY WASH ACTUALLY WAS ONE OF THE ONES
THAT WAS THE HARDEST TO DEVELOP BECAUSE IT DOESN'T HAVE SODIUM LAURYL SULFATE, WHICH
IS ALSO A DERIVITIVE OF PALM OIL, AND IT'S A REALLY HARSH CLEANSING, FOAMING AGENT THAT
YOU FIND IN A LOT OF SHAMPOOS AND SOAPS, AND IT'S ALOE VERA BASED, SO WE HAVE SOME FUN
INGREDIENTS LIKE TAPIOCA TO SUDS IT UP A LITTLE BIT.
WOW. AND SO WE TRY TO KEEP ALL OUR INGREDIENTS
NATURAL AND USE ESSENTIAL OIL BLENDS. AND THEN OUR BODY BUTTER ACTUALLY, REAL RICH AND
LUXURIOUS, AND I...WE REALLY WANTED TO MAKE A PRODUCT THAT WAS HEALTHY AND GOOD FOR YOU
AND GOOD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT. WELL, WHO KNEW THAT MAKING A POSITIVE IMPACT
ON THE ENVIRONMENT STARTED REALLY BY READING THE LABELS, RIGHT?
CORRECT. WELL, I WANNA THANK YOU, NUMBER ONE, FOR DEVELOPING
THIS. SO AMAZING. (MUSIC) AND FOR BRINGING IT AND SHARING IT WITH OUR VIEWERS TODAY.
WELL, THANK YOU. OH, WELL... AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO LEARN HOW
YOU CAN PERSONALLY HAVE AN IMPACT, YOU CAN SIMPLY GO TO OUR WEBSITE AT thebalancingact.com
AND LOOK FOR THE LINK TO FREE BY CHANDLER FARM.