BIg Organic Companies Surrender to Monsanto (GMO crops)
Whole Foods, Stoneyfield Farms, and Organic Valley have all given up and will no longer support anti-GMO movements.
"The main reason, however, why Whole Foods is pleading for coexistence with Monsanto, Dow, Bayer, Syngenta, BASF and the rest of the biotech bullies, is that they desperately want the controversy surrounding genetically engineered foods and crops to go away. Why? Because they know, just as we do, that 2/3 of WFM's $9 billion annual sales is derived from so-called "natural" processed foods and animal products that are contaminated with GMOs. We and our allies have tested their so-called "natural" products (no doubt WFM's lab has too) containing non-organic corn and soy, and guess what: they're all contaminated with GMOs, in contrast to their certified organic products, which are basically free of GMOs, or else contain barely detectable trace amounts."
One of my local HFS was recently bought out by Whole Foods. I will no longer be shopping there.
BOOOOOO!!!!
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Just so you all know-100% of canola oil sold in the USA and Canada is GMO. To avoid it, switch to peanut oil, or only use EVOO.
I did a search online and found a few companies that specifically said they were non-gmo, not sure if they're sold in stores or online only but that's good to know...I get updates from Organic Bytes weekly and it's almost 100% about monsanto and their campaign "Millions against Monsanto". You can buy t-shirts and donate to their cause, it's pretty cool.
Viterra Canola is certified by the non-GMO Project. It is my understanding that it is currently the only non-GM canola available in the U.S. and Canada.
I did a search online and found a few companies that specifically said they were non-gmo, not sure if they're sold in stores or online only but that's good to know...I get updates from Organic Bytes weekly and it's almost 100% about monsanto and their campaign "Millions against Monsanto". You can buy t-shirts and donate to their cause, it's pretty cool.
http://www.nongmoproject.org/retailers/search-participating-products/
Viterra Canola is certified by the non-GMO Project. It is my understanding that it is currently the only non-GM canola available in the U.S. and Canada.
I don't think I've ever seen that in a store before.
I don't believe it is an actual brand so much as a source of non-gm oil that is sold to select distributors. I guess one would have to find out where specific brands are being sourced from. I'm only aware of Viterra because I regularly visit the non-gmo page for updates.
This is the blurb from the non-gmo project.
http://www.nongmoproject.org/2010/09/28/viterra-offers-first-non-gmo-project-verified-canola-oil/
Monsanto is only a bully for using the socialist concept of patents (intellectual monopolies backed by government force), but everyone does that - at the government's behest. If any company would suddenly become heroic enough to reject patents, it would eventually be driven out of business and its market share taken over by less heroic companies that have no qualms about government force. Aside from that Monsanto is an OK company. Fears over GMO are completely irrational, especially with labeling in place, and agribusinesses as a whole are doing a lot of good.
Well, that's the problem though, labelling is not in place. I also just read that one of the round-up ready crops (corn I think) has been infested with bugs it was modified to fight.
Not knowing where food is coming from is a very serious issue, and consumer activism should be applied to combat that. If enough people refuse to buy food products that haven't been certified by a reputable quality assurance agency, then most food producers / distributers / stores would have to comply.
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