{"id":316,"date":"2008-01-20T23:27:51","date_gmt":"2008-01-21T05:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/?p=316"},"modified":"2008-01-20T23:27:51","modified_gmt":"2008-01-21T05:27:51","slug":"0g-trans-fats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/?p=316","title":{"rendered":"0g trans fats"},"content":{"rendered":"

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So far, most of what I\u2019ve seen of the countryside of peninsular Malaysia consists of palm-oil plantations. \u00a0Our tour-guide Saan\u2019s father used to work as an engineer at an oil factory, so Saan is full of palm-related factoids.<\/p>\n

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The trees are replanted every 20 years or so, and start producing fruit two or three years after planting. \u00a0Old trees are shredded into mulch to feed the newly-planted trees.<\/p>\n

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In many ways this strikes me as an ideal permaculture system — there\u2019s no need to till the soil, harvesting happens at a low level throughout the year (the palms fruit continuously, so workers walk up and down the rows every few weeks cutting down the largest fruits.) \u00a0Also there\u2019s a fair amount of undergrowth left under the canopy so there\u2019s some biodiversity — lots of ferns and other greenery provide shelter for birds and reptiles. \u00a0Some plantations let turkeys run in the orchards to forage in the undergrowth.<\/p>\n

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Right now millions of acres of primary rainforest are being cut down to make way for palm plantations, and that\u2019s clearly a net loss. \u00a0But compared with corn or cane fields, I have to think that palm orchards are a fairly mild offense on the agribusiness spectrum. \u00a0They also seem like a great candidate for <\/span>charcoal sequestration<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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We pulled onto a side road to look at some worker housing and a processing plant. \u00a0The housing is largely abandoned, as the plantation workers have prospered and moved out of plantation housing and into a nearby town, and the rows of houses are bordered with gracefully ruined flower gardens.<\/p>\n

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