Phoney bastidges!
The list of companies selling ‘organic’ products that aren’t really organic is growing.
‘In its July 27 newsletter, the OCA announced it is expanding its boycott to include retail chains selling “bogus organic milk from Aurora.” The boycott now includes Costco’s “Kirkland Signature,” Publix’s “High Meadows,” Safeway’s “O” Organics, Wild Oats’ organic milk and Giant’s “Nature’s Promise.”
The OCA is also calling for a boycott of Horizon’s organic soy brands — Silk soymilk and White Wave tofu — claiming that Horizon has “begun turning away from U.S. organic farmers and instead importing cheap organic soybeans from China and Brazil, where labor rights and environmental standards are routinely violated.” ‘
excerpted from this article at Newstarget.com
Damn it, I knew there had to be something whacked with Costco and Safeway selling ‘organic’ food, but I buy some of those products at PCC and Whole Foods, companies I usually trust to weed out the fraudulent flim flam.
Grrr…
(thanks, John, for the warning).
August 21st, 2006 at 8:47 pm
I hate this! Big Organic. I’m going to read that book that just came about, “The Omnivore’s Dilemma.” Did you catch that? He goes into Big Ag and Big Organic.
August 26th, 2006 at 3:05 pm
grrrr…. yeah. it sucks spending my hard-earned bucks on ‘organic food’, only to find I’ve been cheated!
the book sounds good, thanks for the tip!