How to BUYCOTT the GMA... OCA logoLets be clear. Junk food and beverage companies who are members of the GMA are gobbling up organic and natural brands because they recognize the huge profit potential in the fast-growing organic and natural markets. They want our business. If we stop buying their brands, they know theres a good chance well find alternative brands. And we might never look back, Ronnie Cummins, national director of the Organic Consumers Association, writes. Natural/Organic Traitor Brand Owned By/Parent company IZZE PepsiCo Naked Juice PepsiCo Simply Frito-Lay PepsiCo Starbucks Frappuccino PepsiCo Honest Tea Coca-Cola Odwalla Coca-Cola Gerber Organic Nestle Sweet Leaf tea Nestle Boca Burgers Kraft/Mondelez Green and Blacks Kraft/Mondelez Cascadian Farm General Mills Larabar General Mills Muir Glen General Mills Alexia ConAgra Pam organic cooking sprays ConAgra Bear Naked Kelloggs Gardenburger Kelloggs Kashi Kelloggs Morningstar Farms Kelloggs Plum Organics Campbells Wolfgang Puck organic soups Campbells RW Knudsen Smuckers Santa Cruz Organic Smuckers Smuckers Organic Smuckers Dagoba Hersheys Earthgrain bread Bimbo Bakeries Simply Asia McCormick Thai Kitchen McCormick Nine Additional Ways to Take Your Power Back In addition to not buying Traitor Brand foods or beverages (even if theyre certified organic), here are nine ways you can take power back from the corporate bullies that make up the Grocery Manufacturers Association: Stop buying all non-organic processed foods. Instead, build your diet around whole, unprocessed foods, especially raw fruits and vegetables, and healthy fats from coconut oil, avocadoes, organic pastured meat, dairy and eggs, and raw nuts Buy most of your foods from your local farmers market and/or organic farm Cook most or all your meals at home using whole, organic ingredients Frequent restaurants that serve organic, cooked-from-scratch, local food. Many restaurants, especially chain restaurants (Chipotlé is a rare exception), use processed foods made by GMA members for their meals Buy only heirloom, open-pollinated, and/or organic seeds for your garden. This includes both decorative plants and edibles Boycott all lawn and garden chemicals (fertilizers, pesticides, etc.) unless they are OMRI Approved, which means they are allowed in organic production. If you use a lawn service, make sure theyre using OMRI Approved products as well Become an avid label reader. If a GMA member company owns the product, no matter what it is, dont buy it Download the Buycott app14 for your smartphone, which allows you to scan products to find out if theyre part of the boycott before you buy them Join the Organic Consumers Associations new campaign, Buy Organic Brands that Support Your Right to Know Learn more at mercola. Dr. Joseph Mercola is an osteopathic physician, board certified in family medicine, and a multiple New York Times bestselling author. A sought-after natural healthcare expert for all major news networks, health shows and national magazines, Mercola is the #1 natural health website in the world.
Posted on: Sat, 31 May 2014 21:41:53 +0000
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