Pandemic Survival Blog

WATCH WHERE YOU SHOP!! Washington D.C. -- National grassroots organizations expressed their outrage today towards a group of U.S. Senators and major, self-described, “organic companies” that have brokered a backroom legislative deal to kill mandatory GMO labeling of food products across America while stifling first-of-its-kind state legislation in Vermont (slated to go in effect this Friday, July 1st) that would mandate labeling of foods that have been genetically engineered in laboratories. The companies, including Whole Foods, Smucker’s and Organic Valley , among others, have historically funded major public relations and advertising campaigns to promote themselves as “organic” brands. Now, some national leaders are criticizing these companies for “selling out” the GMO labeling movement, public health and the environment and urging the public to fight back. “Make no mistake, these self-proclaimed organic companies, including Whole Foods, Smucker’s Stonyfield and...