GMO Cereal Migrate to Center Shelf Space

Or is Big Business digging in for the long fight? 

Surrounded by NONGMO verified cereals and USDA Organic cereals two cereals stand out as out of place General Mills Cherrios and Honey Nut Cheerios, the later in it's iconic sunshine yellow box. The nearly neon Cheerios box stands out for a very good reason, they are not GMO-Free or carried by a normal brand found in a healthy foods supermarket.

At Earth Fare in Charleston, the cereal aisle, located by the bulk foods section is small, with a few select brands and their varieties. Earth Fare in Charleston offers it's shoppers a nice even thought small selection of NONGMO verified cereals and cereals with the USDA Organic signage on them. The question of the GM Cheerios and Honey Nut Cheerios seem to be answered by Earth Fare that these were at the request of their shoppers and to offer shoppers items so that they would not make purchases elsewhere. Earth Fare didn't seem to notice that there are several of their brands on their shelves with Oat Os. It seems like an empty reason and has bothered me since this was the answer was given via their face book page last summer when Cheerios lived on the bottom shelf.

With the debate on GMOs coming into more State's legislatures and ballots and coupled the recent poll of 90% of Americans want GMO labeling a customer has to ask WHY is this on a 'health' food store shelf?


Why indeed.


UPDATE:

Earth Fare replied via our FB posting found here :

Hi! Thank you for writing us! Cheerios has recently committed to being GMO free and all of their ingredients fit into our Food Philosophy (https://www.earthfare.com/food/foodphilosophy). This is a statement from Cheerios, "We don’t use genetically modified ingredients in original Cheerios. Our principal ingredient has always been whole grain oats – and there are no GMO oats. We use a small amount of corn starch in cooking, and just one gram of sugar per serving for taste. But our corn starch comes from non-GMO corn, and we use only non-GMO pure cane sugar." We appreciate your concern and hope this helps clear some things up! Please let us know if you have any other questions. Thank you for shopping with us!

What are your thoughts on Big Business products taking up space in 'health food stores' esp prime real estate giving the impression that this is an organic healthy option?

Charleston March Against Monsanto May 24th 2014

On May 24th, millions of activists from around the world will once again March Against Monsanto, calling for the permanent boycott of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) and other harmful agro-chemicals. Currently, marches will occur on six continents, in 52 countries,with events in over 400 cities. In the US, solidarity marches are slated to occur in 47 states.

Charleston, SC will be marching to show a united demand for Senator Tim Scott and Lindsay Graham to worry more about the consumers in their states using and wearing GMOs than the farmer trying to sell the GMO/GE crops. 

Please RSVP on our event page and help us on 5/24/14 show South Carolina that we want to be part of the solution and not the problem.

What the What Starbucks!!?

I had no idea that Starbucks was largest purchaser of milk in the entire country. Of course that is milk from cows that eat a diet of 100% GMO soy, corn and alfalfa. As a nondairy drinker, I wish Starbucks offered organic soy and organic coconut milk as well. They'd sell the heck out of it for sure. 

Your purchase power can change things. And it begins with one step, one email, one purchase, one request, one letter to a company you love, one share of a meme, one friend who sees your post, one head nod that says WE CAN DO BETTER. 

What the Starbucks? Cows living in concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) are fed a grain diet comprised almost entirely of GMO corn, soy, alfalfa, and cottonseed.

Tell Starbucks to serve only organic milk: www.gmoinside.org/starbucks ‪

Agent Orange Action Alert

AGENT ORANGE ALERT - TAKE ACTION:

Please watch this 5 minute video with the daughter of a Vietnam Vet to learn about the generational diseases she lives with - attributable to her father's exposure to Agent Orange, an herbicide manufactured by Dow and Monsanto.


They claim that Agent Orange is safe.


Kelly and the hundreds of thousands of Vets and their children know better. And yet, the USDA is poised to approve Dow's 2,4-D GMO crops. 2,4-D is one of two herbicides that make up Agent Orange and was recently banned in Australia.

WHAT'S WRONG WITH 2,4-D HERBICIDE AND DOW'S 2,4-D GMO CROPS?

One word: Everything.

Beyond threats to clean water and health, 2,4-D has a notorious history of drift, killing most plant life that it touches and putting non-GMO and organic crops at risk. And when damages occur, as usual, the agrichemical/biotech companies get off Scott-free. Rather than forcing organic gardeners and farmers to defend themselves against 2,4-D drift, the USDA needs to change its priorities, get out of bed with Big Ag, and start working to protect our environment and help farmers farm without poisons.

We need your voice. The USDA's public comment period original deadline was Feb. 24 but is extended through March 11th. Tell the USDA to reject Dow's 2,4-D GMO crops.

 READ MORE:
http://www.motherearthnews.com/nature-and-environment/24d-herbicide-zb0z1402zsto.aspx


 COMMENT DIRECTLY to the USDA:
http://www.regulations.gov/#!submitComment;D=APHIS-2013-0042-0050

 And sign Center for Food Safety's petition:

http://dow-watch.org/

#Seralini Twitter Storm

#Seralini Study retracted by FCT Journal - #Monsanto Associate Editor pulls the strings!: http://t.co/wcg0TKBCq5

— GMO Seralini (@GMOSeralini) November 28, 2013

Round Up in 75% of Air & Rain Samples

The GMO farming system has made exposure to Roundup herbicide a daily fact of our existence, and according to the latest US Geological Survey study its probably in the air you are breathing.

More here:http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/roundup-weedkiller-found-75-air-and-rain-samples-gov-study-finds 

Dirty McCrory creates filth in the Dan River

South Carolina should be very concerned about the environmental disasters that are taking place in our neighboring states.

What does this have to do with food?

Everything.

When you poison the waters and the land, food will not grow, no matter how much we label it.

The Dan River has been exposed to 35 million gallons of coal ash and waste water per a study done by Wake Forest University. This is the third largest spill of its kind. (source)

And as the saying goes, shit rolls down hill..

Hey there SC and GA didn't see you there--- ((Wink-- Wink))

 Why are conservative states so pro corporation? Because that is where the money is. They can distract the Women by whipping them up into a "Save the Babies from Abortions" frenzy and whip the men  up by claiming they are coming for the 'gun and want us all in FEMA camps".  This kind of control is what happens when you under fund Education. All the smart people leave the State and you are left with those with few options, low IQ, and easily manipulated. How else can a large demographic repeatedly vote against its own best interests? Over and over again. 
Conservative states across the board  rank low in Health, Education, and protecting the Environment. Why? Because none of those three things will net corporations or politicians any revenue. 

Dirty politicians like McCrory will likely find plush six figure jobs in the private sector out of state, or high up on a mountain with cool bottled water wondering what all the fuss is about, not having to deal with contaminated water and land like his constituents; who more than likely voted him into office will have to face for the next 20-40 yrs.  

Don't pay attention to the other hand

NC has been imposing tiny fines to keep private lawsuits from forcing Duke Energy to clean up its act. Governor McCrory worked for Duke for over 20 years and arguably he still is working for them. Environmental organizations are fighting against the collusion between the state and Duke energy  do nothing to clean up these dangerous ash piles along NC's waterways.

“Industry does everything they can and gets away with it almost all the time, whether it’s the coal industry, not the subject of this hearing, or water or whatever. They will cut corners, and they will get away with it. " Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D, WVa