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A new ‘scorecard’ report gives a failing grade to 17 out of 20 major food retailers in the United States, based on their policies and practices regarding pollinator protection, organic options, and pesticide reduction. [1]
Source: Friends of the Earth
Read: Aldi Bans Bee-Killing Neonic Pesticides on Produce
Tiffany Finck-Haynes, food futures campaigner with Friends of the Earth, said:
Doug Rauch, former CEO of Trader Joe’s, has a novel idea; give people on limited incomes access to healthy, organic food. If you’ve always dreamed of shopping at Whole Foods, but decided against it so you wouldn’t have to take a second mortgage out on your home, take note of a new company called Daily Table, which is working to bring healthy foods to the masses.
Jonathan Wiggs—Boston Globe via Getty Images
As major supermarkets like Safeway, Target, Whole Foods and Trader Joe’s refuse GM salmon, the mega store Costco is planning on selling the genetically modified fish to its customers while attempting to dress itself as a big organic seller.
Workers too now?I think of Trader Joe's as the big grocery story less than 5 minutes my house with good prices on organic blueberries, pomegranate seeds and boxes of 1.5 liter bottles of Fiji Water. Erewhon, where I do most of my grocery shopping, has a better selection of the healthy foods I want but is half an hour away and is slightly more expensive on most products.
