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Joe Fassler

Joe Fassler is an associate editor at The New Food Economy, and he writes for The Atlantic and the Boston Review.

Stories from this author

Palm oil is extracted from the fruit of oil palm trees.

Giving Up Palm Oil Might Actually Be Bad for the Environment

The trouble with the maligned crop isn’t its popularity, but where it’s planted