Bribes from Kraft Employee Lets Tomato Vendor Sell Tainted Food
By Robin McDermott, on February 26th, 2010
The New York Times reports that Robert Watson, a top ingredient buyer for Kraft Foods, needed $20,000 to pay his taxes, so he called a broker for a California tomato processor that for years had been paying him bribes to get its products into Kraft’s plants. Days after the money was sent, federal agents descended on Kraft’s offices near Chicago and confronted Watson. He admitted his role in a bribery scheme that has laid bare a startling vein of corruption in the food industry. And because the scheme also involved millions of pounds of tomato products with high levels
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Little Guys Prevail over the USDA!
By Robin McDermott, on September 24th, 2009
This just in from Tom Stearns, owner of High Mowing Seeds – Congratulations Tom – Thanks for your hard work on this lawsuit!
Hello friends of organic and local agriculture,
I am thrilled to announce that yesterday the 9th Circuit Court in California ruled in our favor in the High Mowing Organic Seeds lawsuit against the USDA regarding the premature deregulation of Monsanto’s GMO sugar beets. We’ve won!!! We were joined in the suit by the Center for Food Safety (CFS), Organic Seed Alliance and the Sierra Club and were represented by CFS and Earth Justice attorneys.
This ruling means
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Shopping Guide to non-GMO Food Shopping
By Robin McDermott, on September 17th, 2009
When I looked at this guide, I was shocked at all of the sneaky ways that GMO products get into our foods. Whether you are for or against GMOs, I believe that you have a right to know what you are getting in your food. Check out this buying guide – as a fellow Localvore points out, page 13 (titled “invisible GM Ingredients”) is particularly interesting.
The guide starts out…
Genetic Engineering (GE) or Genetic Modification (GM) of food involves the laboratory process of artificially inserting genes into the DNA of food crops or animals. The result is called
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Buyer Beware – Horizon to Offer “Natural Milk” (AKA conventional) in Addition to Organic
By Robin McDermott, on July 2nd, 2009
Dean Foods’ WhiteWave division has announced it will release a new non-organic “natural” version of its popular Horizon dairy products. Horizon is the largest organic dairy brand in the marketplace, and many consumers will likely alternatively purchase the Horizon “natural (conventional) ” brand at a premium and at a time when organic dairy farmers are already experiencing record losses.
Also of interest:
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Who is Spending What on Lobbying?
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The following totals are for the first quarter of 2009:
1) $42 Million: Health Care, Health Insurance,
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