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Majority of 'Gluten-Free' Foods Found to Contain GMOs

News
October 10, 2012
Natural News by Mike Adams
In the wake of all the recent revelations about the dangers of GMOs, a special warning needs to go out to all those health-conscious consumers buying "gluten-free" foods. As it turns out, most "gluten-free" foods sold in the USA contain... Read more

YouTube Censors 'Organic Spies' Video Exposing Whole Foods Employees Lying About GMOs

News
October 3, 2012
Natural News by Mike Adams
I once thought Whole Foods was a great place to shop, and I used to look forward to finding a Whole Foods store in every city I visited. Now when I see "Whole Foods" I think to myself, "Poison Foods" and I have images of those cancer tumors in the... Read more

Organic Consumers Calls on Natural Products Association to Stop Putting Their 'Natural' Seal on Products that Contain GMOs

Press Release
September 19, 2012
Organic Consumers Association by Katherine Paul

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Organic Consumers Association
Katherine Paul, 207.653.3090,  katherine@organicconsumers.org

FINLAND, Minn.  - Sept. 19, 2012 - The Organic Consumers Association (OCA) today launched a national alert on behalf of consumers asking the Natural Products Association (NPA) to amend its certification process for its NPA Natural Seal to exclude any and all genetically Read more

Is the ‘Natural’ Label 100 Percent Misleading?

News
September 6, 2012
Grist by Deena Shanker
What do Juicy Juice fruit punch, Tyson chicken, and Nature Valley granola bars have in common? They're all branded with the same mysterious, ubiquitous term: natural. Read more

Friends and Enemies of Your Right to Know

Essay
August 23, 2012
Organic Consumers Association by Ronnie Cummins
In recent weeks, several public interest groups, including the Organic Consumers Association, Cornucopia Institute, Mercola.com, and Natural News, have pointed out the gross hypocrisy and greed of large food and beverage corporations which profit from the sale of billions of dollars of their proprietary organic and "natural" food brands while at the same time funneling large sums of money to the Monsanto-led campaign to defeat the November 6th GMO labeling ballot initiative (Proposition 37) in Califor Read more

Lawyers of Big Tobacco Lawsuits Take Aim at Food Industry

News
August 18, 2012
The New York Times by Stephanie Strom
Don Barrett, a Mississippi lawyer, took in hundreds of millions of dollars a decade ago after suing Big Tobacco and winning record settlements from R. J. Reynolds, Philip Morris and other cigarette makers. So did Walter Umphrey, Dewitt M. Lovelace... Read more

Say it Isn't So: Organic Brands Backing the Campaign to Defeat GMO Labeling

Essay
August 9, 2012
Organic Consumers Association by Katherine Paul

The next time you take a swig of Odwalla's Organic Carrot Juice, or munch on a bowl of Orville Redenbacher's Organic popcorn, take note: A lot of popular organic and all-natural brands are made by companies that are spending thousands of dollars to defeat Proposition 37, the California Right to Know Genetically Engineered Food Act.

Donations are pouring into the campaign to defeat Prop 37. Among the big donors are companies like J.M. Smucker, Hormel Foods, Kellogg Co., Coca-Cola North America and PepsiCo. - companies that make a fortune marketing 'natural' and organic brands

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Open Letter to the Organic Community: The California Ballot Initiative to Label GMOs

Essay
August 2, 2012
Common Dreams by Ronnie Cummins
After 45 years of hard work and grassroots struggle, the organic community has built up a $30-billion organic food and farming industry and community. Read more

Nation's Top Food Makers and Agrichemical Companies Oppose Honest Food Labels

News
August 1, 2012
California Right to Know by Stacy Malkan
(Sacramento, Calif.) The latest round of funding just reported to the California Secretary of State's office reveals the agrichemical and multi-national food companies that are joining forces to thwart the will of the overwhelming majority of... Read more

General Mills Sued Over 'Natural' Labeling

News
July 25, 2012
The New York Times by Stephanie Strom

Two California mothers are suing General Mills, claiming the giant food company has deceptively marketed its Nature Valley products as natural when they contain highly processed ingredients.

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