Speaking of Walmart going organic......

[Guest guest]

Concerns over long distance food transportation (food miles) and

global warming, compounded by recent food poisoning scandals, linked

to contaminated pet, poultry, and pig food ingredients from China,

have taken away many Americans' appetites for cheap imported foods.

Shocked at media reports that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration

is inspecting approximately one percent of all imported food, health-

minded consumers are demanding that Congress implement mandatory

Country of Origin Labels (COOL) labels on food.

 

Not holding their breath for Congress to act, millions are turning to

certified organic food products, both for their family and their

household pets. Federal farm policy theoretically requires Country of

Origin Labeling for food. Acknowledging polls that indicate that 80%

of American consumers want to know where their food is coming from,

COOL was incorporated into the 2002 Farm Bill and was to go into

effect in September 2004. Unfortunately corporate agribusiness, Wal-

Mart, and the supermarket chains bribed an ethicaly-impaired Congress

with millions of dollars to block implementation of COOL labels.

 

As a result, Americans are buying billions of dollars of imported

foods without knowing it, while cheap, bogus " USDA Organic " food from

China is starting to appear on the shelves of Wal-Mart and other Big

Box chains. In order to promote health and sustainability, and to

save North American family farms, we need to restore our right to

know where our food is coming from. Tell Congress we want Country of

Origin labels for both conventional and organic food, and we want it

now!

http://www.organicconsumers.org/rd/cool.htm