On Sun, 09 Jun 2013 15:19:44 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

> 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.

Crying all the way to the bank with their farm subsidies.

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