Minutus

Dear All,
I am forwarding this off topic request as it relates to our general concern for health and nutrition
as a core component of our health.
Once again we have an really nasty Farm Bill being voted on. It includes a rider for Monsanto.
This rider coupled with other provisions in this proposed bill gives the GMO industry unprecented
control over the food we eat. It attacks small farms and organic farming and limits food support
to those who need help while permitting almost unlimited subsidies to big agribiz.
For those in the US, please sign this petition at the very lease. Write letters, make phone calls, and
in general spread the word asap as the vote is coming up very soon.
http://www.organicconsumers.org/bytes/ob338.htm
thanks
tanya

You can't trust the label organic on many foods and brands. Read and beware!
"The fact is, organic food has become a wildly lucrative business for Big Food and a premium-price-means-premium-profit section of the grocery store. The industry’s image — contented cows grazing on the green hills of family-owned farms — is mostly pure fantasy. Or rather, pure marketing. Big Food, it turns out, has spawned what might be called Big Organic.
Bear Naked, Wholesome & Hearty, Kashi: all three and more actually belong to the cereals giant Kellogg . Naked Juice? That would be PepsiCo of Pepsi and Fritos fame. And behind the pastoral-sounding Walnut Acres, Health Valley and Spectrum Organics is none other than Hain Celestial , once affiliated with Heinz, the grand old name in ketchup."
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/08/busin ... PQURe/kUpQ
Susan

One of the problems is that the board that oversees organic practices is getting taken over
by more an more corporate farmers. These people are pushing for more and more non-organic
practices and ingredients.
Many labels never claim to be organic but use the marketing spin of clean living images. Kashi
claims to be natural which has absolutely no legal definition and can mean anything. For that matter
Kashi uses GMO ingredients and does not even lie about it if you call them. This issue is whether
these companies use an organic label or lie about their ingredients. It is always true that the public
needs to read labels and act with awareness.
t
From: healthyinfo6@aol.com
Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2012 7:43 PM
To: minutus@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Minutus] off-topic---Organic food under attack again

You can't trust the label organic on many foods and brands. Read and beware!
"The fact is, organic food has become a wildly lucrative business for Big Food and a premium-price-means-premium-profit section of the grocery store. The industry’s image — contented cows grazing on the green hills of family-owned farms — is mostly pure fantasy. Or rather, pure marketing. Big Food, it turns out, has spawned what might be called Big Organic.
Bear Naked, Wholesome & Hearty, Kashi: all three and more actually belong to the cereals giant Kellogg . Naked Juice? That would be PepsiCo of Pepsi and Fritos fame. And behind the pastoral-sounding Walnut Acres, Health Valley and Spectrum Organics is none other than Hain Celestial , once affiliated with Heinz, the grand old name in ketchup."
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/08/busin ... PQURe/kUpQ
Susan