Comments on: Who Is Gobbling Up Your “Healthy” Dollars…The Amazing Spinjob http://organicneedle.com/blog/2008/03/25/who-is-gobbling-up-your-organic-dollarsthe-amazing-spinjob/ the birth of a business...and more Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:37:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: CindyW http://organicneedle.com/blog/2008/03/25/who-is-gobbling-up-your-organic-dollarsthe-amazing-spinjob/#comment-100 CindyW Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:02:17 +0000 http://organicneedle.com/blog/2008/03/25/who-is-gobbling-up-your-organic-dollarsthe-amazing-spinjob/#comment-100 I struggle with where to put my dollars as well. We too, rely a lot on Kashi, the TLC cracker, Yum. One of the things we are moving toward is eating fresh food - lots of veggies, lots of fruit. That sort of steers us away from packaged food which does get confusing. I try to buy stuff from small and local companies, but honestly it is quite a maze to navigate through. Even the small ones I like can one day be bought by a big business - Ben and Jerry, Burt's Bees, Odawalla juice, etc., etc. I may find a few brands that I absolutely will not buy. Beyond that, I don't want to stay in the grocery store for 8 hours :) I struggle with where to put my dollars as well. We too, rely a lot on Kashi, the TLC cracker, Yum.

One of the things we are moving toward is eating fresh food - lots of veggies, lots of fruit. That sort of steers us away from packaged food which does get confusing. I try to buy stuff from small and local companies, but honestly it is quite a maze to navigate through. Even the small ones I like can one day be bought by a big business - Ben and Jerry, Burt’s Bees, Odawalla juice, etc., etc. I may find a few brands that I absolutely will not buy. Beyond that, I don’t want to stay in the grocery store for 8 hours :)

]]> By: arduous http://organicneedle.com/blog/2008/03/25/who-is-gobbling-up-your-organic-dollarsthe-amazing-spinjob/#comment-99 arduous Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:55:07 +0000 http://organicneedle.com/blog/2008/03/25/who-is-gobbling-up-your-organic-dollarsthe-amazing-spinjob/#comment-99 I do try to support small local businesses and companies more, mostly because I want my money to go to the struggling smaller stores, but honestly, from a philosophical viewpoint, I think it's great that bigger companies also have organic or green lines of food. I know the problems of industrial organic, I've read Michael Pollan, but in the end, I do think there is a benefit to it. Cascadian Farm still insures that thousands of acres of land are pesticide free which results in less pesticide runoff to the oceans etc etc etc. Unfortunately, right now the way our food system is set up, not everyone has access to local organic. This is changing, farmers markets and CSAs are getting bigger. But the more organic goes mainstream, and the more it appears in local supermarkets, the more that people not particularly committed to "green" living will be able to eat healthier. I do try to support small local businesses and companies more, mostly because I want my money to go to the struggling smaller stores, but honestly, from a philosophical viewpoint, I think it’s great that bigger companies also have organic or green lines of food. I know the problems of industrial organic, I’ve read Michael Pollan, but in the end, I do think there is a benefit to it. Cascadian Farm still insures that thousands of acres of land are pesticide free which results in less pesticide runoff to the oceans etc etc etc. Unfortunately, right now the way our food system is set up, not everyone has access to local organic. This is changing, farmers markets and CSAs are getting bigger. But the more organic goes mainstream, and the more it appears in local supermarkets, the more that people not particularly committed to “green” living will be able to eat healthier.

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