Just a quick note here....
More and more large farms and now corporate farms are producing organic.
Please remember to shop directly with the organic farms that you like. Try to buy much of your produce at local farmers markets and at Co Ops. This gets your money directly into the farmers hands and it helps to maxamize his profits. If you buy your goods through large chains you have to consider that they may not be buying from your small local farmers and that at some point the small farms may go out of business.
I know you know this and most of you do a great job on your buying and trying to keep a direct connection to your farmer friends. I just had to say it again.
Thanks
Gary
More and more large farms and now corporate farms are producing organic.
Please remember to shop directly with the organic farms that you like. Try to buy much of your produce at local farmers markets and at Co Ops. This gets your money directly into the farmers hands and it helps to maxamize his profits. If you buy your goods through large chains you have to consider that they may not be buying from your small local farmers and that at some point the small farms may go out of business.
I know you know this and most of you do a great job on your buying and trying to keep a direct connection to your farmer friends. I just had to say it again.
Thanks
Gary
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Organic Dairy Fraud- Aurora Organic (Wild Oats, WalMart, Costco, Safeway....)
Fri, September 21, 2007 - 11:47 PMFrom the Organic Consumers Association (OCA)
ALERT OF THE WEEK:
OCA'S POTENTIAL"ORGANIC" FACTORY FARM CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT BUILDS MOMENTUM
Thanks to hundreds of organic consumers across the country for writing back to us last week to take part in OCA's proposed class action lawsuit against Aurora Organic Dairy for defrauding consumers by labeling factory farm feedlot dairy products as organic. We will be contacting each of you as this case proceeds. For those who haven't contacted us yet, please do so now. Please write to us today if you have purchased dairy products labeled as "organic" since January 2004 until now from large retail chains and wholesalers including Wild Oats, Wal-Mart, Costco ("High Meadows"), Safeway ("O" Organics), Target ("Archer Farms"), Giant ("Natures Promise"), or UNFI ("Woodstock Farms"). Drop us a note at ronniecummins@organicconsumers.org or call the OCA office at 218-226-4164 and let us know:
1. Your name and phone number
2. Name and brand of purchase
3. Name of store
4. City, state and addresses available
5. Approximate timeframe of purchase (ex. 2004-2006)
For the latest news on the Aurora Organic Dairy Scandal see "Corporate Organics Circles the Wagons: Lies, Damn Lies, and Public Relations www.organicconsumers.org/artic...44.cfm
