On Sun, 09 Jun 2013 11:12:44 -0700, sf > wrote:

>Just confirming what we already knew, but it's concerning all the
>same.
>
>Here's part of the text:
>
>With the rise of industrial organic, these more revolutionary impulses
>have disappeared. Corporations have adopted practices that make a
>mockery of what people think they are buying when they pay extra for
>an eco-friendly label. For one, major organic brands now source from
>across the globe. Stonyfield yogurt uses milk from New Zealand,
>bananas from Ecuador, and apple products from Turkey. Costco gets
>organic peanuts from China, a country not known for rigorous
>environmental regulation. And these are not isolated examples.
>
>http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/16...lty-fair-trade

Pretty sad and the local farmers are going broke.