In trying to shop and eat better, finding bulk food grocers is imperative. Your standard grocer may or may not have a bulk food set, or it may be limited. Look closer and you’ll find a myriad of smaller, yet more complete specialized bulk food stores. In the northwest region of Pennsylvania you’ll find almost a dozen. Here’s a look from their regional newspaper – http://www.goerie.com/article/20121014/LIFESTYLES01/310139934/Erie-region-peppered-with-tiny-bulk-food-stores
Author: Greg Koenig
5 Unfounded Fears About Prop 37
The time is now! VOTE YES on PROP 37. Here’s a final synopsis that demonstrates the lack of integrity the opponents of Prop 37 have demonstrated. See the facts and let’s not let advertising dollars sway your thoughts. We believe you are smarter than that.
http://www.alternet.org/election-2012/5-unfounded-fears-about-californias-prop-37-which-would-label-genetically-modified
Farmers need to beware of Monsanto contract
Many farmers were listed as opponents of the GM labeling effort in California (PROP 37) but if they really understood the contract they’ve signed when they planted Monsanto crops they might have decided differently. Monsanto is making the farmer sign a contract that makes the farmer liable for everything related to growing, cross contamination, and injury. Monsanto is trying to hide behind the farmers so that they can disclaim issues arising with their crops so that as more evidence comes in that GM products aren’t safe, it will be the farmers fault. Read the facts here and if you know a farmer, please forward to them so that they can protect themselves from this. http://truth-out.org/news/item/59
Will you boycott the brands that are against Prop 37?
This is an important point. Win or lose on this particular legislation (Prop 37), 90% of us still want to know what’s in our foods and we can still force the issue by choosing not to support the companies and the brands they sell that joined in the fight against. The following article raises these questions – http://www.triplepundit.com/2012/11/will-consumers-punish-prop-37s-antagonists-boycotts/
Let’s not be punitive…simply VOTE YES on PROP 37 next Tuesday!
Do you really believe that GM foods pose no risk to you?
As I ponder the possibility that Prop 37 might not pass now that the big 6 chemical companies have spent upwards $30Million to create fear amongst the voters, it is clear to me that we are too susceptible to what we see and hear in the mainstream media (TV, Radio, Print). It’s also clear that many Americans lack any semblance of ethics. I realize that’s a pretty bold statement but I’ll stand behind it all day long. I can provide a litany of examples on a daily basis where the ‘me first’ mentality blocks any reasonable approach to doing the right thing. It’s even worse when we have allowed a corporation to become an ‘entity’ that is provided similar rights to the individual. In the case of Monsanto, we have provided a vehicle in which, by law, is forced to act in the interests of it’s shareholders and their need for profits. These actions often fly in the face of reason due to those profit pressures. Since the company is inanimate, that means that decisions are being made by humans who’s first concern is taking care of their needs. What is most disturbing in all of these folks inability to see past their own concerns is the fact that many have children. How is it as a parent, that you would support anything that potentially puts your children or your children’s children at further risk? That is the question I want to ask the leadership at Monsanto, Dow, etc. Wouldn’t they want to know the long term concerns of their work on humans, especially children? Let’s completely understand the risk, if any, before we put these types of foods into our bodies. In addition, if I were in charge and felt that these foods were absolutely safe I would not hesitate to be part of a long term study in order to prove their safety. I wouldn’t feel right pushing a product that I couldn’t 100% stand behind. Let’s see that commitment from the leadership at Monsanto. Starting to make sense?? Frankly, without a public statement to this effect by Monsanto and the others that are against Prop 37, all of us should be skeptical of their stance. Let’s err on the side of caution by VOTING YES on PROP 37. At least be informed as to whether or not GM foods are part of the foods you’re eating. No one in the companies that have created these transgenic foods is willing to be part of any human trials so the ‘science’ that could make this proposition a non issue has never been accomplished. That by itself is enough for me to know that I have only one choice next Tuesday. YES on 37!
Breaking down the deception by the opponent of PROP 37
Dr. Mercola provides a clear breakdown of the efforts by Monsanto, Dow, etc. to mislead you with deceptive claims, paid experts, and flat out misrepresentations of fact. Please read this article and learn how you are being deceived. PROP 37 deserves our vote. For you, for your kids, for this planet. Please VOTE YES ON PROP 37. Thank you!
http://www.foodconsumer.org/newsite/Politics/Politics/prop_37_1029121119.html
From the people!
It’s full court press time on Prop 37- Let’s just hear from the people! Read this: http://www.nctimes.com/news/opinion/letters/letters-proposition/article_0dc73e15-b2fb-5605-9f1a-f3d75556bd4a.html
California Voters – Please Vote YES on PROP 37
Stop the rhetoric regarding lawsuits with PROP 37
The idea that Prop 37 will spawn lawsuits like Prop 65 did is incorrect ( though the positives of Prop 65 have outweighed some of the mistakes in the language of the legislation). Let’s take a look at this ‘scare tactic’ that the no group is using to mislead you. Below is a comment in response to an LA Weekly article that was substandard in its research and facts – This comment is from a consumer protection attorney in the specifics of 37’s language.
‘The remedies which the statute allow are injunctions — to stop the
false labeling — and attorney fees and costs of suit for protecting the
public. The idea that attorneys will be making millions by bogus
lawsuits is another of Ms. Stuart’s outright misrepresentation. The
consumer attorney is paid if any only if he/she is correct that there
has in fact been mislabeling. If an attorney brings a bogus lawsuit,
then the Supreme Court has already said what the small business should
do to protect itself. I know because I was the defense attorney who
prevailed in this case to prevent bogus toxic tort lawsuits.
In Bockrath v Aldrich Chemical, Justice Mosk said that the attorney
may be disciplined by the State Bar and the defendant can use CCP 127.8
to shift the costs to the attorney who brings the bogus lawsuit. CCP
128.7 is quite effective for two reasons: (1) Dishonest attorneys know
if their lawsuit is BS and thus they know that they will lose if
challenged, and (2) Dishonest attorneys are greedy and do not want to
pay the litigation costs and attorney fees for either themselves or the
defendant business which they wrongfully sued. If the lawsuit is bogus,
it is easy to find an attorney to defend on a contingency basis —
which means the business does not have to pay up-front or pays his
lawyer only a small percentage up-front.
Manufacturers of carcinogens and other mega corporations out to rip
off the consumer have used this false specter of a flood of shake-down
lawsuit to stop most of California consumer protection statutes. That
is why consumers who tried to stop the massive frauds in the home
mortgage market in 2005 and 2006 were unable to do anything.
Irresponsible journalists like Ms. Stuart had convinced people to
decimate California’s Unfair Business Practices Law so Countrywide and
other corrupt mortgage lenders could continue to flood the international
mortgage market with defective securitized mortgages culminating in the
Crash of 2008. There are real world disasters when the public is
disarmed in the face of predatory businesses like the Koch Bros, Goldman
Sachs and Monsanto.’
See the whole story and comments here – http://www.laweekly.com/2012-10-25/news/gmo-proposition-37-backfires-little-guys/
It’s time to KNOW GMO – www.knowgmo.org
Please share the following link with as many people as possible. We have a right to know what is in our food. Let’s really see what’s up with GMO’s – http://knowgmo.org/
Opponents of 37 spending almost $1 Million per day to defeat measure
Let’s think about this. Six of the largest chemical companies are spending almost $1M per day to defeat Prop 37. That’s six board of directors and management teams ( a total of maybe 200 people ) trying to manipulate a piece of legislation that impacts the 8th largest economy in the world. Whether or not the safety of GM foods concerns you, the idea that we would let such a small group of companies ( none based in California ) have this much influence over our food supply should be a concern.
Support for 37 has declined a bit due to the negative advertising consumers are being exposed to. Let’s not let that stop us. On Tuesday, November 6, 2012 please cast your ballot in favor of 37. Please VOTE YES on 37!
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-prop37-food-poll-20121024,0,2778912.story
