Yea, Whole Foods is a chain. Thats a good thing,, Once upon a time there were only small time , owner operator outlets for decent food. Consumer awareness has created a demand for healthy foods. It seems there is a push to destroy any producers of real food. Sure enough anyone producing whole dairy products,, geeemineee Christmas,, they go after those guys with swat teams,, & our "Regulatory agencies" are allowing higher & higher concentrations of toxic crap in our food while cancer rates
go up & up.. ever searching for the "Cure" tho,,, all the while, ignoring many likely causes.
http://www.opposingviews.com/i/politics/rejection-bill-label-genetically-modi...excerpt
I wont ask ya to read the whole thing,, heres the part I think is pertinent to this convo
( Hint, Hint, Webster)
Protesters are seeking a repeal of the so-called “Monsanto Protection Act.” The act refers to Section 735 of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act of 2013. Buried in the 600-page bill is language that allows biotech companies to experiment with crops, create genetically-modified (GMO) foods and sell those foods, even if legal action is made against them.
Andrew Kimbrell, the executive director of the Center for Food Safety, called Section 735 a backroom deal that muzzles federal judges from preventing the cultivation of inadequately-tested GMO foods.
The argument against GMO crops includes research that the food injured or killed laboratory animals, made some farm animals sterile after eating them, caused animals to develop allergies and created irregularities in the organs of lab animals. Furthermore, protesters say GMO farming is unsustainable.
The U.S. Senate last week voted overwhelmingly against a bill that would allow states to require genetically modified foods be labeled as such. The Food and Drug Administration says there is no difference between GMO and non-GMO foods.
A lobbying group representing Monsanto, DuPont & Co., and other GMO seed producers, The Biotechnology Industry Organization, said it supports voluntary labeling of GMO products; however, it says mandatory labeling is misleading and could confuse consumers into think the foods are unsafe.
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