OT: LOL… All you folks that are trying to eat organic from places like Whole Foods….

[Coronita]

LOL… Save your money…… Whole Foods = Whole Paycheck which no longer equals organic….

Monsanto 1, Organic Lovers 0

http://www.prwatch.org/node/9903

Whole Foods Market Caves to Monsanto
Submitted by Anne Landman on January 28, 2011 – 3:09pm

WholeFoodsMarketAfter 12 years of battling to stop Monsanto’s genetically-engineered (GE) crops from contaminating the nation’s organic farmland, the biggest retailers of “natural” and “organic” foods in the U.S., including Whole Foods Market (WFM), Organic Valley and Stonyfield Farm, have agreed to stop opposing mass commercialization of GE crops, like Monsanto’s controversial Roundup Ready alfalfa. In exchange for dropping their opposition, WFM has asking for “compensation” to be paid to organic farmers for “any losses related to the contamination of his crop.” Under current laws, Genetically-Modified Organisms (GMOs) are not subject to any pre-market safety testing or labeling. WFM is abandoning its fight with biotech companies in part because two thirds of the products they sell are not certified organic anyway, but are really conventional, chemical-intensive and foods that may contain GMOs and that they market as “natural” despite this. Most consumers don’t know the difference between “natural” and “certified organic” products. “Natural” products can come from crops and animals fed nutrients containing GMOs. “Certified Organic” products are GMO-free. WFM and their main distributor, United Natural Foods, maximize profits by selling products labeled “natural” at premium organic prices.

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Whole Foods comments on USDA Disappoints No Regulations on GE Alfalfa

Stonyfield also comments.

It’s just a sickening thing to have Monsanto control food like this.

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Whole Foods comments on USDA Disappoints No Regulations on GE Alfalfa

Stonyfield also comments.

It’s just a sickening thing to have Monsanto control food like this.

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Whole Foods comments on USDA Disappoints No Regulations on GE Alfalfa

Stonyfield also comments.

It’s just a sickening thing to have Monsanto control food like this.

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Whole Foods comments on USDA Disappoints No Regulations on GE Alfalfa

Stonyfield also comments.

It’s just a sickening thing to have Monsanto control food like this.

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Whole Foods comments on USDA Disappoints No Regulations on GE Alfalfa

Stonyfield also comments.

It’s just a sickening thing to have Monsanto control food like this.

[desmond]

I am not a organic buyer, but no need to laugh at people that do. Many times you try to do what you think is right, healthy, good for the environment, etc., and many times you find out later it was not, you do the best you that you can do.

[Anonymous]

Why is this a LOL moment?
It’s an extremely slanted quote you managed to find. I don’t think WFM abandoned the fight “…in part because two thirds of the products they sell are not certified organic anyway…”. They gave up the fight because USDA and Monsanto ran them over.
Also, the story implies that WFM is tricking prople to buy “natural” food. Natural can mean that it does not contain preservatives, colorings, or hormones. It just happens to be that some ingredient makes it ineligible to be certified organic.
Sickening indeed.

[desmond]

I am not a organic buyer, but no need to laugh at people that do. Many times you try to do what you think is right, healthy, good for the environment, etc., and many times you find out later it was not, you do the best you that you can do.

[Anonymous]

Why is this a LOL moment?
It’s an extremely slanted quote you managed to find. I don’t think WFM abandoned the fight “…in part because two thirds of the products they sell are not certified organic anyway…”. They gave up the fight because USDA and Monsanto ran them over.
Also, the story implies that WFM is tricking prople to buy “natural” food. Natural can mean that it does not contain preservatives, colorings, or hormones. It just happens to be that some ingredient makes it ineligible to be certified organic.
Sickening indeed.

[desmond]

I am not a organic buyer, but no need to laugh at people that do. Many times you try to do what you think is right, healthy, good for the environment, etc., and many times you find out later it was not, you do the best you that you can do.

[Anonymous]

Why is this a LOL moment?
It’s an extremely slanted quote you managed to find. I don’t think WFM abandoned the fight “…in part because two thirds of the products they sell are not certified organic anyway…”. They gave up the fight because USDA and Monsanto ran them over.
Also, the story implies that WFM is tricking prople to buy “natural” food. Natural can mean that it does not contain preservatives, colorings, or hormones. It just happens to be that some ingredient makes it ineligible to be certified organic.
Sickening indeed.

[desmond]

I am not a organic buyer, but no need to laugh at people that do. Many times you try to do what you think is right, healthy, good for the environment, etc., and many times you find out later it was not, you do the best you that you can do.

[Anonymous]

Why is this a LOL moment?
It’s an extremely slanted quote you managed to find. I don’t think WFM abandoned the fight “…in part because two thirds of the products they sell are not certified organic anyway…”. They gave up the fight because USDA and Monsanto ran them over.
Also, the story implies that WFM is tricking prople to buy “natural” food. Natural can mean that it does not contain preservatives, colorings, or hormones. It just happens to be that some ingredient makes it ineligible to be certified organic.
Sickening indeed.

[desmond]

I am not a organic buyer, but no need to laugh at people that do. Many times you try to do what you think is right, healthy, good for the environment, etc., and many times you find out later it was not, you do the best you that you can do.

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