From converted land and chemically intensive plantations to factory-made, ultra-processed products, this is the food system that ultimately ends up in our mouths.
A land with a story.
Before any ingredient list begins, there was a mountain, a river, a seed keeper, a family who knew the name of the soil.
Plantationcene.
The land is converted into a large-scale plantation planted with a single crop—palm oil, soy, corn, or sugarcane—destined for processed food supply chains not to feed a community, but to feed a single, unbroken supply line.
Carefully engineered.
To maintain yields in a monocrop system, chemical fertilizers are added to replenish depleted soil, and pesticides are applied to control pests that would naturally exist in a more diverse ecosystem.
Hyper-palatable, but barely food.
The harvested crop is processed in a factory—fractionated, hydrogenated, extruded, or otherwise chemically modified—then mixed with emulsifiers, preservatives, artificial flavors, and other additives to become ultra-processed food.
Packaged to forget.
The final product reaches the consumer as a packaged food item. No information on the packaging indicates the land use history, the displacement of communities, or the chemical inputs used during production.
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Every plantation expansion is a forest lost.
In the Philippines, 455,413 hectares are planted to
bananas, and 69,291
hectares planted to
pineapples.
Coffee is planted in 124,982 hectares, the largest area
being in SOCCSKSARGEN,
while sugarcane remains one
of the country’s major crops,
taking 451,844 hectares.
Palm oil has roughly 100,000 hectares, with development
plans aiming to expand to
8 million hectares.
From planting to manufacturing —
it’ s not natural , it ’ s chemical.
Approximately 3.2 million tons of pesticides are used annually in the Philippines.
The Philippines uses approximately 2.5 million metric tons (MT) of fertilizer annually.
Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) are industrial formulations containing 5 or more ingredients, some barely recognizable.
The wrapper hides a story.
Big food's value chains
require lots of land, often displacing communities and replacing traditional
agricultural systems with monocultures.
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They occupy not only the land but also our food systems.
RESOURCES
Learn more about our Food Justice campaign.
Research Publication
Title Here
Campaign Primer Here
Industry Reference
Prime Here
For more information or questions about the campaign, contact us at lrckskfoeph@gmail.com
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RESOURCES
Learn more about our Food Justice campaign.
Watch for our publication on
Big Food coming soon.
For more information or questions about the campaign, contact us at lrckskfoeph@gmail.com
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