Comments on: Who Owns Your Favorite Organic Food Brands?

By: bjk

bjk — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:25:41 +0000

I never thought of who made these. I was just looking at the labels.

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:02:24 +0000

I’d also like to add: Stay Diligent.

Corporations have been known to cut corners. Unless otherwise noted, there’s a good chance some ingredients may be GMO. Keep reading your labels. Check out the ingredient list on a box of Boca burgers and you’ll see what I mean.

Don’t fall prey to the marketing game.

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:56:56 +0000

@Chris Dine

I always consider this counter argument as well. Isn’t the driving force of the organic movement to see organic become the mainstream. Shouldn’t there be some celebration in the fact that organic products have become viable enough for these corporations to regard them as a necessary investment.

Mass marketed organics also create a larger market for small organic farmers to pool into.

All in all, I’m not a fan of corporations and multinational conglomerates for many other reasons, but it’s not that black and white.

By: Chris Dine

Chris Dine — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 07:48:10 +0000

Organic advocates want organic to grow…which it does when big co’s buy small brands and put them on major markets. Is corporate ownership always a bad thing, if the small one isn’t compromised and reaches new markets, necessitating more organic acreage? Are all these companies selling out, or up? Are they converting new consumers to organic? Likely so.

For a while, I lived in a town with only mass chain grocery stores and the only organic brands there were corporate owned. I was glad to have those options, at least, versus non-organic food. the only independent brands there were Clif, Organic Valley and Eden….limited.