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Why would a company with an organic food brand oppose Proposition 37?
If organic foods can't contain genetically modified ingredients, why would organic food companies have a problem with labeling foods that contain them? This infographic will help you understand.
Thu, Oct 11 2012 at 12:51 PM
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Why would the parent company of Muir Glen organic foods or the parent company of Horizon organic dairy products donate money and align with Monsanto against California’s Proposition 37? If the bill to get foods made with genetically modified ingredients (GMOs) labeled passes, Muir Glen or Horizon wouldn’t need to put labels on their products. Organic foods aren’t allowed to contain GMOs. At first, it might not make sense. But, take a look at this infographic created by the Cornucopia Institute, and you’ll see why.
When organic brands are owned by mainstream food companies that aren’t committed to the standard that all of their products are organic, it’s not in the company's best interest to support GMO labeling. For example, if General Mills, the parent company of Muir Glen, got behind Proposition 37 and it passed, the company would have to label its Progresso or Nature Valley Granola products if they contained GMO ingredients.
Unrelated to this infographic, but related to Proposition 37, Michael Pollan has an excellent post for the New York Times titled Vote for the Dinner Party, in which he discusses what’s at stake with Proposition 37. You should click on over and give it a read.
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The companies on the left are snake oil salesman of ill repute...the huge multinational whores of disinformation & corporate lies have no problem poisoning the public with GMO's...See the ltest pics of rats fed GMO's with monster tumors hanging from their GMO sickened torsos
Take note of the companies on the left fighting prop 37...With hold your dollars and don't buy their poison GMO products...
This is discouraging, but not really surprising. The good news (for me anyway) is that there are a whole lot of "organic heroes" on the right hand side of the graphic and I can make better decisions using this information when I am shopping. Thanks for providing this.
That's a good point too. So many of the ones on the left have been bought by bigger companies since the time I started buying their products. It seems they lost their way perhaps.
I am surprised that Kashi is against Prop 37. My feeling is that you can have GMO foods (most of our food is GMO anyway) but we should have a choice in knowing about it so we can make informed decisions.
you don't seem to get to the core purpose of this article. if it passed, the so called "organic" food companies would have to basically say they really aren't which is bad for business.