Cooked Crack Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 Quote Under pressure from animal rights activists, HelloFresh will stop selling coconut milk sourced from Thailand in its meal kits in the coming months over monkey labor allegations, the company confirmed to Axios. Driving the news: Major retailers, including Walmart, Costco, Target and Kroger, have already stopped carrying coconut milk from certain Thai suppliers accused of using monkeys for forced labor, but HelloFresh is taking it a step further by saying it won’t source any coconut milk from Thailand. Quote The big picture: Thailand had approximately 80% of the market share for coconut milk in the U.S. and exported nearly 78,000 tons in 2020, according to 2020 export data provided by the Office of Agricultural Affairs at the Royal Thai Embassy in Washington, D.C. Context: Since 2019, when PETA started investigating the alleged animal exploitation, it has been pushing retailers and brands to stop selling coconut milk allegedly made with coconuts harvested by monkeys. The monkeys have been kidnapped, chained and whipped, PETA has found and documented. Quote Meanwhile, the Royal Thai Embassy in D.C. confirmed efforts being made by the Department of Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives of Thailand, including a new “Monkey Free Plus" program announced in December. https://www.axios.com/2023/03/06/coconut-milk-hellofresh-monkey-labor-thailand? Finally someone is addressing the monkey labor issues! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Wiggles Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TradeTheBeal! Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 Counterpoint…gotta do something to keep ‘em out of rehab. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerPacker Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Wiggles Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 🤭 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xameil Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 This is an onion article, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooked Crack Posted March 8, 2023 Author Share Posted March 8, 2023 (edited) 34 minutes ago, Xameil said: This is an onion article, right? No, coconut milk Edited March 8, 2023 by Cooked Crack 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PleaseBlitz Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 (edited) So it's ok for dogs, horses and other animals to have jobs but not monkeys? I mean, nobody should be able to abuse any of those animals, but I don't see the problem with just having a job. Edited March 8, 2023 by PleaseBlitz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TradeTheBeal! Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 (edited) 18 minutes ago, PleaseBlitz said: So it's ok for dogs, horses and other animals to have jobs but not monkeys? I mean, nobody should be able to abuse any of those animals, but I don't see the problem with just having a job. Fascist capitalist swine. Edited March 8, 2023 by TradeTheBeal! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Wiggles Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 Apparently the monkeys are like ten times more efficient at picking coconuts compared to humans. 🙊 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwpanic Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 This truly is the blurst of times. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Wiggles Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 10 minutes ago, jwpanic said: This truly is the blurst of times. Thailand has been raising and training pigtailed macaques to pick coconuts for around 400 years. 🙉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerPacker Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 42 minutes ago, jwpanic said: This truly is the blurst of times. Bravo, sir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Wiggles Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 The Philippines assured me that no monkeys were involved in the harvesting of coconuts for this here water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinsmarydu Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 I haven't consumed coconut anything since I left home at 18. My mom makes this amazing wet coconut cake, and it's the only thing I can stand. *unless it's a fat Pina Colada at the pool bar* 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simmsy Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 Dammit! I want child labor milk! These monkeys are stealing our jobs! P.S. Ok, that sounded really racist...I swear I'm black. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CousinsCowgirl84 Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 I’d buy coconut milk made by monkeys… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerPacker Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 28 minutes ago, skinsmarydu said: I haven't consumed coconut anything since I left home at 18. My mom makes this amazing wet coconut cake, and it's the only thing I can stand. *unless it's a fat Pina Colada at the pool bar* Served in a coconut husk, or a pineapple? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinsmarydu Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 2 minutes ago, PokerPacker said: Served in a coconut husk, or a pineapple? Which? The cake goes on a damn plate. I'll take the drink in a red solo cup, who cares? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade7 Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 On 3/8/2023 at 1:34 PM, PleaseBlitz said: So it's ok for dogs, horses and other animals to have jobs but not monkeys? I mean, nobody should be able to abuse any of those animals, but I don't see the problem with just having a job. Forced labor isn't a job. And you named a couple we're nice to...you seen what we do to chickens lately? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerPacker Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 37 minutes ago, skinsmarydu said: Which? The cake goes on a damn plate. I'll take the drink in a red solo cup, who cares? Hmm... now I kinda want to eat a coconut cake out of a pineapple. Just, like, stuff the entire pineapple with cake and go to town. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinsmarydu Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 Just now, PokerPacker said: Hmm... now I kinda want to eat a coconut cake out of a pineapple. Just, like, stuff the entire pineapple with cake and go to town. If you're nice, I'll send you the recipe. I cook well, but I don't bake well at all, it's too precise. This one though, would blow your mind. It's a wet cake, only time I've ever known of such a thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 Coming up next: activists who ****ed about monkeys trained (and fed and housed and protected) to pick coconuts to be replaced by activists who will **** about the working conditions the human replacements will be working in. Completely asinine. ~Bang 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerPacker Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 Does an apple-shaker not work on coconuts? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PleaseBlitz Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 (edited) 46 minutes ago, Renegade7 said: Forced labor isn't a job. And you named a couple we're nice to...you seen what we do to chickens lately? Yea… Edited March 10, 2023 by PleaseBlitz 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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