Cooking oil has a deforestation problem. A startup says it has a solution.

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By Max GrahamOct 11, 2023, 4:15 am178 pts
First there was lard. For at least 200 years, a great many Americans fried their potatoes in pork fat. Then, early last century, came the invention of Crisco, a lard look-alike made from cottonseed oil. Procter & Gamble advertised it as healthier — more digestible — than pig grease. The marketing campaign…

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