RE: Who Really Owns the Organic Food Brands

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Here's Phil 's research website:

http://www.msu.edu/~howardp/organicindustry.html

I suggested that another similar good project for students would be to

track down the mergers and acquisitions in the " organic " cosmetic/

personal care sector.

-jennifer

On Mar 21, 2008, at 2:29 PM, Carolyn Graff wrote:

> http://tinyurl.com/2n4jta

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[Guest guest]

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Very interesting. Most of those companies make

refined organic designer foods which I don't buy

anyway.

As for Whole Foods, I hate myself for shopping there,

but I do, because I have very little other choice for

organic. Despite promoting itself as Green and

Benevolent, it is an anti-union shop and, due to its

habit of importing so much of its food, is actually in

some ways less ecologically friendly than Safeway. I

will try to dig up the study on this latter point and

post it.

-

--- Steinbachs <jen@...> wrote:

> Here's Phil 's research website:

> http://www.msu.edu/~howardp/organicindustry.html

>

> I suggested that another similar good project for

> students would be to

> track down the mergers and acquisitions in the

> " organic " cosmetic/

> personal care sector.

>

> -jennifer

>

> On Mar 21, 2008, at 2:29 PM, Carolyn Graff wrote:

> > http://tinyurl.com/2n4jta

> >

>

Things fall apart; the center cannot hold;

Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,

The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere

The ceremony of innocence is drowned;

The best lack all conviction, while the worst

Are full of passionate intensity.

-WB Yeats

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[Guest guest]

>

> http://tinyurl.com/2n4jta

>

>

[Guest guest]

Yes, but at least in the Dallas area, WF has switched from being a source

for organics to a source for local grown. You can't hardly find organics

there anymore! By 2010, all their meat will be organic, not for our good,

but for the good of the animal.

I try to buy as much as possible directly from the farmer, milk, meat, and

veggies.

Kathy

Re: Who Really Owns the Organic Food Brands

,

Very interesting. Most of those companies make

refined organic designer foods which I don't buy

anyway.

As for Whole Foods, I hate myself for shopping there,

but I do, because I have very little other choice for

organic. Despite promoting itself as Green and

Benevolent, it is an anti-union shop and, due to its

habit of importing so much of its food, is actually in

some ways less ecologically friendly than Safeway. I

will try to dig up the study on this latter point and

post it.

-

--- Steinbachs <jen@...> wrote:

> Here's Phil 's research website:

> http://www.msu.edu/~howardp/organicindustry.html

>

> I suggested that another similar good project for

> students would be to

> track down the mergers and acquisitions in the

> " organic " cosmetic/

> personal care sector.

>

> -jennifer

>

> On Mar 21, 2008, at 2:29 PM, Carolyn Graff wrote:

> > http://tinyurl.com/2n4jta

> >

>

Things fall apart; the center cannot hold;

Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,

The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere

The ceremony of innocence is drowned;

The best lack all conviction, while the worst

Are full of passionate intensity.

-WB Yeats

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On Mar 21, 2008, at 9:15 PM, Kathy Dickson wrote:

>

> I try to buy as much as possible directly from the farmer, milk,

> meat, and

> veggies.

Me, too.

I get all my dairy directly from Organic Pastures grass-fed raw dairy.

For vegetables and fruit, I get a CSA box from a local organic farm,

and anything that is not in the box, I try to get from the farmers at

the farmer's market. I'm also tripling (quadrupling?) my home

vegetable garden and buying fruit trees. I also get my olive oil from

a local farm (I buy through a local buying club).

I get all my eggs and chickens and turkeys from local farmers. And I

am looking into buying 1/2 a cow this year from a local grass-fed range.

I make my own soft drinks (kombucha, water kefir), mayonnaise, salad

dressing, salsa, bread, sauerkraut, tomato sauce, ice cream, and

pickles. Soon I'll be making ketchup and mustard. It's amazing how

much less trash we produce by making our own food and reusing glass

bottles.

I have drastically reduced the number of personal care products I use

(baking soda for teeth, corn starch for deodorant, and I buy soap and

bubble bath from a local handmade shop).

There's still some stuff I buy from Whole Foods (coffee, beans, rice,

bacon) but the list is shrinking all the time.

And regular grocery stores -- forget about it! I do not shop there

anymore except maybe once every 3-6 months. The only thing I buy at

the regular grocery store is Borax, washing soda, baking soda, and

white vinegar -- to make my laundry detergent and cleaning products.

I personally think all of this is really fun. I think Sally Fallon is

right -- you have to get off of " convenience " packaged and processed

foods if you really want to eat well and be healthy. And it's good for

the environment, too.

I'm very grateful to Weston Price, Sally Fallon and the WAPF for

everything they have taught me, which has fueled all these positive

changes in my life in the past 6 months.

I've also now influenced my sister. Even though she is a busy

executive who works 60+ hours per week, she has recently switched

their whole family from shopping at Costco and the local supermarket

to buying mostly foods from small local farms. Raw milk, a CSA box of

produce and eggs. And she is buying 1/2 a cow this year for the first

time ever -- directly from a local farm. She still goes to Trader

Joe's for the sprouted bread.

Exciting times! :-)

Ann Marie

[Guest guest]

>She still goes to Trader Joe's for the sprouted bread.

I think selling sprouted flour and bread is a GREAT opportunity for some

stay at home mom! I don't eat much bread, but occasionally I do. And I'd buy

it just to keep her in business!

Kathy