Author: Greg Koenig

Joy Bauer of the Today Show featured SunRidge Farms items in a segment on healthier candies.  Check out the video here – http://www.today.com/video/today/53295770/#53295770

From the ‘Celebrate Green Blog’ – National Bulk Foods Week is next week!  http://celebrategreen.net/blog/food/bulk-foods-week-11

Senator David Koehler (D-Illinois) proposes that foods with GMO’s be labeled.  His goal is to get his bill to vote in the Senate.  We applaud Senator Koehler for his efforts.  For more, click here – http://www.wics.com/news/top-stories/stories/vid_13528.shtml

With National Bulk Foods Week just around the corner we thought this article very helpful and timely (though it’s actually from last year) – This article offers ideas on how to store your new bulk purchases at home – http://www.mnn.com/your-home/at-home/blogs/bulking-up-8-countertop-storage-solutions-0

Please visit the March Against Monsanto website to learn more about GMO’s.  This October 12th, we can make our voices heard on a global scale – http://www.march-against-monsanto.com/

In a major victory for the food movement, legislation was adopted to strike the Monsanto Protection Act which provided legal protection for Monsanto and other GM crop/seed companies even if their foods were determined to be unsafe.  To read and understand more about this provision, visit the International Business Times website, http://www.ibtimes.com/monsanto-protection-act-killed-senate-controversial-provision-removed-spending-bill-1412160

SunRidge Farms supports the labeling of GMO’s in food.  If you are in the State of Washington or know folks there, please encourage them to vote YES on I 522.  Here’s some more information – http://seattletimes.com/html/opinion/2021864082_andrewstoutlukeesseropedgmofoodlabelingi522yes22xml.html

There remain many questions in the GMO arena regarding the use of glyphosate (Round Up) on fields where the GM crops are being grown.  Is the soil being damaged??  The NY Times raises this question in this article – http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/20/business/misgivings-about-how-a-weed-killer-affects-the-soil.html?pagewanted=2&_r=0&src=mv

As we approach National Bulk Foods Week (October 13-19, 2013) we want to highlight some of the advantages of buying in bulk.  One of the most significant advantages of bulk food is buying only what you need so minimize waste and consume the item when it’s fresher.  40% of US food is thrown away and that’s a tragedy as we could easily feed another 25 million people with this waste.  Much of this waste is attributed to misunderstood labeling regarding expiration.  Take a look at this story to learn more – http://www.marketwatch.com/story/want-to-save-at-the-supermarket-compost-2013-06-18

The USDA will have to consider some action to deal with the cross contamination of Round Up ready Alfalfa with non GMO Alfalfa in Washington fields.  This cross contamination threatens trade with foreign buyers as GM Alfalfa is banned in 64 countries.  The farmer in this case didn’t even know he was growing GM crops which clearly shows that the dangers of cross contamination of GMO and Non-GMO crops is real.  Here’s a link to the story in the New York Daily News – http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/usda-mulls-action-discovery-gmo-alfalfa-washington-article-1.1457709