Week 13 | Spring 7 Sneak Peek Tu-Th | May 28 & 30
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Sweet hakurei turnips will make their final appearance in the Spring boxes....to return in the Fall. There are enough left, however, to offer them on our online store for those of you who can't get enough. Not sure yet whether they'll be topped or with greens on. Also available a la carte: rainbow chard and vitamin green.
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Who owns organics?
Organic standards are being diluted by large-scale farms seeking to maximize profits and corporate interests hoping to cash in on what they perc eive as a trend. No one monitors this better than The Cornucopia Institute. I just received an email alert from them with a brand new "org chart" of who owns many of the popular organic brands. In their words:
The Cornucopia Institute acts as an organic industry watchdog--a governmental and corporate watchdog. But that does not mean that we are anti-corporate. Large enterprises like Eden Foods and Nature's Path are proving you can do hundreds of millions of dollars in business without betraying the values that the organic movement was founded upon.
However, all too often giant corporations like Dean Foods (Horizon/Silk), General Mills (Cascadian Farms/Muir Glen), Smuckers (R.W. Knudsen/Santa Cruz), and their trade-lobby group, the Organic Trade Association (OTA) have supported adding gimmicky or risky synthetics to organic foods, giant factory farming, and imports from China and other questionable sources. Many of these corporations also stood with Monsanto and the biotechnology lobby, funding the misinformation campaign that scuttled Prop 37, the GMO labeling legislation defeated in California last fall.
Use the organic brand scorecards on their website to help reward the real organic heroes and to protect your health and your family with authentic organic food. If the quality and integrity of organic food is of concern to you, consider signing up for the Institute's email alerts or becoming a member. -- Robin
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Questions?
Call Robin (in Chicago), 708-370-8017 | Chris (farmer/owner), 608-712-1585
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