Category: SunRidge News

As frustrating as it is to us to realize that the FDA is in the deep pockets of business, it’s doubly frustrating when our elected officials can’t get them to respond.  Despite over 400,000 public comments and congressional input demanding that a new ‘transgenic’ salmon be studied and all risks mitigated before approval, the folks in charge at the FDA chose to ignore these pleas and approve this new fish species.   Four Hundred Thousand comments against and the FDA still wants us to be the guinea pigs.   For more on this story, please read this – https://www.sustainablefoodnews.com/story.php?news_id=18139

The only way to combat this is to not purchase transgenic salmon and hope that this species doesn’t destroy the ecosystem when introduced.   Do everything you can to support the elimination of transgenic foods.  Protect your body at the cellular level by eating Non-GMO foods.

In an exhaustive analysis of publicly available government data and contrary to the claims of Monsanto and others in the GM field, pesticide use is now significantly higher than prior to their introduction.  Insects that are already resistant to BT are becoming resistant to even stronger pesticides and with BT staying in the soil up to 6 months after harvest, we’re looking at environmental contamination possibilities including our aquatic ecosystems.  For more on this study, please read this – http://www.non-gmoreport.com/articles/november2012/pesticideuseincreasesGMcrops.php

She Know Vegan, an online magazine/blog, has the following story on our Berries and Chocolate Antioxidant Mix.  We just wanted to say thanks!  Check out the story here – http://vegan.sheknows.com/?s=sunridge

Congratulations to Market of Choice #7 in Corvallis, Oregon for winning the 2012 Bulk Retailer of the Year.  For more on this award and bulk foods, visit the following link to the Bulk is Green Council – http://www.bulkisgreen.org/blog/post/2012-National-Bulk-Foods-Week-winners-announced.aspx

Want to snack healthier?  Sometimes we just don’t know which items to try.  Check out the reviews in this blog.  With SunRidge Farms products you simply can’t go wrong.

http://eightymphmom.com/2012/09/sunridge-farmss-trail-mixes-review.html

Back in early September, a report circulated on many major news outlets that portrayed that organic foods weren’t any better for you than conventional. It turns out that what was reported wasn’t exactly what the study indicated. From Consumer Reports, here’s a different take – http://news.consumerreports.org/health/2012/09/dont-give-up-on-organic-food-our-experts-urge.html

Thanksgiving is almost upon us and for many people the awareness of GM foods has been recently brought to their attention.  How do we avoid GM foods for the holidays?  Here’s an article from Living Green online magazine to help – http://livinggreenmag.com/2012/11/19/green-business/avoid-genetically-modified-food-on-your-holiday-tables/

Lost in the noise over labeling is a much deeper concern that is directly related to the chemical companies that produce pesticides, as well as the use of GM crops.  CCD, or colony collapse disorder, is being linked to systemic pesticides called neonicotinoids.  These pesticides disrupt the central nervous system of pollinators.  This is acknowledged by the EPA yet the EPA has taken no action to look at or suspend the use of these chemicals.  Hive colonies have lost 30% of their populations due to die off, yet the EPA says ‘bees are fine’.  Since fully a third of ALL POLLINATION is through bees, I would argue that this threatens our food chain and life on this planet.  One of the chemicals, produced by Bayer, is only approved through a loophole and entered service 9 years ago.  The EPA’s review may not be complete until 2018 unless expedited due to congressional pressure.  What??  At what point does our responsibility to the planet and the human race get shunted aside for the sake of one company’s revenue?  Bayer is yet another of just a few chemical companies that are vying for a significant chunk of the food supply chain.  How ironic if their effort to capture more of the food chain actually helps precipitate an end to the food chain.  Read more here – http://gmo-journal.com/2012/09/20/epa-chooses-inaction-while-bee-declines-continue/

Rootworms are becoming resistant to Monsanto corn and that resistance apparently applies to the Syngenta corn strain as well.  What does that mean??  Those crops are not the answer as this means more pesticide must be applied to a plant that was engineered to have it’s own insecticide to deal with rootworms.  And we’re not supposed to be worried about GM crops??  For more, read this – http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20121115/BUSINESS08/311150059/Bugs-damaging-Monsanto-corn-may-do-same-Syngenta-crops?odyssey=nav|head

On the heels of a political season that provided an educational opportunity on the food chain and how foods are grown, efforts continue to ensure that this awareness doesn’t fade. Here’s a look at what comes next – http://truth-out.org/news/item/12730-full-speed-ahead-for-food-movement-despite-gmo-labeling-loss