http://www.prwatch.org/spin/2011/01/...caves-monsanto
After 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 asked 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.
Doesn't surprise me. They dont follow their "creed" as it is. I've found items with HFCS and " es" on the label, which is a hocus pocus way of labeling MSG.
It's just big corporations, committing fraud, and lying to its customers, selling them ty GMO products, to make more profits.
Oh...is that all? Whew...glad it's nothing serious.
boutons needs a hug
WFs is a ripoff anyway, for the reasons stated... less than half of their is actually organic, in principle its barely or simply not better than what you get at HEB..
LOL @ anyone spending $80 for their 6 items there.
There's a reason they call it Whole Paycheck.
Whole Foods is proof that you can tell people to like anything and they will, though bottled water may be a better example.
This is cool but they probably get their seed from Montesanto
That was one thing that was cool about Germany. I didn't even know what GMOs were before I lived there in the 96-97 school year. There was this one section in produce probably about half the size of the Organics section at HEB and it was completely swathed in red with huge white letters stating "GMO!". They had about 10 different fruits and vegetables in that small section.
grow your own, then farmers market for the rest.
always get to know the farmers you're buying from, otherwise you might as well be just as disconnected as shopping at the grocery store.
Oh, I dont disagree, I am just saying that it is incredibly difficult to buy non GMO seed. Plus most of what is grown from non GMO seed gets shipped to europe where they care.
BTW, I like Greenling as an option for fruits and veggies.
boutons is fine.
YOU need to wake up and smell how United Corporations of America you in every orifice every day.
WF's entire schtick has been healthy foods for informed, health-con$ciou$ clients, so compromising to satisfy Monsanto should cost them Ms of customers (but it won't).
tbh this guy knows his farming rofl
http://www.mariasfarmcountrykitchen....to-avoid-gmos/
by guest blogger Alberto Gonzalez, founder and CEO of GustOrganics
I love talking to people about food. And these days at my restaurant, I inevitably end up talking about GMOs. Often, people ask me the reasons why I do not allow any GMO foods at GustOrganics. In fact, this happens so often that I started creating a list in my head of all the reasons I choose not to offer them to my customers. The list started to get so big that I decided to write it down and I thought I’d share it with you, dear readers.
First, a little background: GMO stands for genetically modified organisms; some people also refer to them as GE (genetically engineered). According to the FDA, GMO foods are made using recombinant deoxyribonucleic acid (rDNA) technology. The agency commonly refers to them as “bioengineered foods,” or foods that have undergone genetic modification, meaning they’ve been engineered and altered at the genetic level “using any technique, new or traditional.”
Many years ago, I started reading studies about GMOs, and I discovered that most of the outcomes of the studies favored whoever was financing the research, which in most cases was the agrochemical companies. A few years later, I came across a book called The World According to Monsanto, by Marie-Monique Robin, and it was true eye-opener for me. Then, I read The Wheel of Life, by Debbie Barker from The Center for Food Safety, and I recommend this paper to anyone who wants a deeper understanding of the interconnectedness between food, climate, human rights, and economy.
Now I do everything I can, at home and at my restaurant, to avoid GMOs. It’s not easy to do, since more than 80 percent of processed foods contain GMOs. Buying certified-organic food is the only way you can truly stay away from GMOs right now, since GMO foods are not labeled. But, honestly, the likelihood that GMO crops will cross-pollinate with organics gets higher every year as more and more GMOs are planted.
So, back to my list. Here are my reasons for avoiding GMO foods, compiled mostly from the sources named above:
Health harms.
1. GMOs are grown with toxic chemicals and resulting pesticide residues are known to be harmful to human health.
2. Research has shown that laboratory mammals fed GMOs suffer adverse effects that include damage to kidneys, liver, adrenal glands, spleen, and heart. Additionally, their immune systems were compromised and in some cases brain size was reduced.
Environmental harms.
3. GMO crops require huge amounts of chemicals that are harmful to soil, water, the atmosphere, and creatures. Although they are promoted as a technology to reduce pesticide usage, GM crops in the U.S. used greater than 26 percent more pesticides per acre in 2008 than non-GMO crops, based on U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) data.
4. GMOs are actually increasing the need for stronger and more poisonous pesticides. For example, one agrochemical company is awaiting USDA approval of corn and soybeans resistant to 2, 4-D, a chemical related to Agent Orange.
5. GMOs are causing a growing epidemic of “superweeds.” These massive weeds have evolved a resistance to glyphosate, a chemical used on GM crops. Stronger toxic chemicals and soil-eroding tillage operations are required in order to eliminate superweeds.
6. GMOs contribute to global warming: GM crops require synthetic nitrogen fertilizers, which are responsible for approximately 60 percent of total emissions of nitrous oxide (a greenhouse gas nearly 300 times more potent than CO2). GM crops use high amounts of fossil fuels through the production of synthetic nitrogen fertilizers.
7. GMO practices contaminate our organic and local food systems. A report led, Gone to Seed, found that 50 percent or more of non-GMO corn, canola, and soybean seed have been contaminated with GM genes.
8. Beneficial insects can be harmed. A Cornell University study showed that monarch butterflies suffered higher mortality rates when consuming milkweed leaves dusted with the Bt toxin associated with GM crops. And recently, pesticides called neonicotinoids have been blamed for the collapsing bee populations.
Harms to social and human rights.
9. GMOs are promoted as way to feed the world and mitigate hunger; however, numerous studies demonstrate that the GM crops do not produce higher yields as claimed. As one example, a USDA publication reports that “GM crops do not increase the yield potential.”
10. GMOs lead to corporate control over seed and food: Today only one company controls about 95 percent of GM seeds. This limits access to seeds, which are the center of food and life.
11. These large agri-corporations do not let farmers save seeds, a basic practice that has continued for centuries to ensure food security.
12. GMO agriculture is an extension of current industrial-farming practices that have resulted in the loss of family farms and farmer livelihoods around the globe.
For all of these reasons, and more that I’m just not thinking of right now, we at GustOrganics choose another path. We believe organic agriculture is the only way to go. Organic agriculture has equal or higher yields than factory farming. Organics don’t contain any synthetic hormones, antibiotics, chemicals or GMOs. And independent studies prove that organic food has more vitamins, nutrients and antioxidants than conventional food (which, at this point, is just another way of saying GMO food).
Talk to your friends about GMOs and help them to be aware of the facts. And go to justlabelit.org and help send 1 million signatures to the Food and Drug Administration to let them know that we want GMO foods labeled.
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htf do you think they going to graze it fast enough to feed ur population?
GE food, beggars cant be choosers...
Their meat counter is a lot better than you find at most grocery stores tbh, tho I prefer Central Market's. If you pay attention to ads there are usually good specials for meat and produce. I go there for those occasionally.
I'd buy that for a dollar!
I swore them off back when I was in Cali, so maybe they suck less in Texas, but my recollections of their meat was they'd take a $1.50 worth of raw chicken, throw 10 cents worth of es on the skin, shrink-wrap it, and sell it for $5. Or $20 a pound for farmed salmon. I'll pass on that tbh.
This.
I love how people and moan about everything but don't have solutions.
Growing population = need more food. It's simple.
yourself, boutons.
stop having more than two kids you dumbasses (until we colonize another planet). im not having any.
I wonder what would happen if San Antonio just stopped eating so much. Seriously though, all of the Obese people in America probably eat enough for 2 people.
Many of us do have a solution.
Not anymore.Growing population = need more food. It's simple.
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