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Whole Foods Market Caves to Monsanto
http://prwatch.org/spin/2011/01/9903/whole-foods-market-caves-monsanto

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.