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  • From: "Tradingpost" <tradingpost@lobo.net>
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  • Subject: [Livingontheland] Whole Foods Market Caves to Monsanto
  • Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2011 21:24:41 -0600


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.





  • [Livingontheland] Whole Foods Market Caves to Monsanto, Tradingpost, 06/26/2011

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