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Phil Howard is an assistant professor of Community, Agriculture, and Recreation and Resource Studies at Michigan State University.
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In the past, Heinz has controlled as much as 20 percent of Hain Celestial. Hain Celestial has also worked with Cargill on creating “enhanced foods.”
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fasinating...
....and not a little depressing, but I guess deep down, all of us really knew this.....
Posted on March 17, 2008 — by threestonesteps
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Chuckles
You're right - shouldn't be surprised, but I guess I am taken back by the scope of companies in my cupboard that are represented. Other than local producers - who is not represented?
Posted on March 22, 2008 — by chuckles
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GOOD to know!
These guys obviously know where the market is at!! I wonder if many of these brands started as small companies and then got bought out by the big ones? In any case, this is a GOOD reminder to buy LOCAL ORGANIC's whenever possible.
Posted on March 25, 2008 — by lizhealthy
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Capitalism is not a crime
Remind me again why I should not buy products that are organic just because they are produced by a big company?
If Heinz can give me a low cost, high quality organic tomato I will buy it every time!
It's not the corporations at fault. It is the political backing of illegal activities of some corporations that is to blame. Without the seal of approval from government "officials" and the enforcement of unethical business practices by the police and military there would be far fewer "evil multi-national corporations."
Blame socialism and the mixed economy not the free marktet.
Posted on April 19, 2008 — by OutWrong
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why is this a bad thing?
Why is it better to be a non-profit than a for-profit? Why is it better to be a local company than a large company? At what point does a company that is successful become too successful and immediately "evil." I have known lots of small companies that were terrible to their employees, didn't have enough profit to provide any kinds of benefits or insurance, and whose products were less than great. As for non-profits, I worked for the Girl Scouts of America- which was the worst job I ever had. All of my supervisors were incredibly rude to me, since at that time I had not yet completed my college degree, and the pay was so low that I had to work two jobs. I was literally working seven days a week with no breaks. That is what convinced me to go back to school so I could educate myself and one day work for a successful for-profit company that was producing something of excellence. The services provided to the girls at the Girl Scouts of America were far from excellent, and we had to hound those girls into selling cookies like crazy because that literally comprised 90% of our budget.
Posted on April 20, 2008 — by rationalthinker
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