Whole Foods Market & Organic Debacle

This was an email I received today and I wanted to share my thoughts.

Check this out -a lot of Whole Foods Produce is from China where “organic” produce is not regulated! Plus their salad bar and hot food bar is not organic.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQ31Ljd9T_Y

On their behalf Whole Foods has never posted that their salad or hot food bar is organic. I rememeber asking them in the beginning and they were very upfront to say that no many and most items are not organic.

Most of our natural food stores have a balance of some organic and some not. I realize it is quite unnerving to find out that someone is posting "organic" when indeed it may not be. They claim their person line "365 Whole Foods" is organic and then on the package it reads in small print "from China." China does not have any regulated organic farms and this is what is causing the question.

Whole Foods has not really formally addressed the media and I suggest in the meantime trust until we find out differently. They will have to publish a rebuttle in thier defence and we can make our final decision from there.

One thing that is clear, regardless if they have lied or greatly stretch the truth they are still providing us with delicious food that most of the time we are just too busy or lazy to preapre for ourselves. For those of us that are cookign many of our own meals we are especially interested in finding out the facts.

The cost of organic tends to be much greater than regular so as a consumer I prefer to spend my dollars wisely. That said here are the items that I believe to buy organic whenever possible:

Foods to Buy Organic:

Apples
Peaches
Nectarines
Berries
Grapes
Cherries
Pears

Peppers
Celery
Kale
Leafy lettuce
Tomatoes
Carrots

Meats

Dairy

Coffee


Foods NOT necessary to buy organic:

Papaya
Watermelon
Mango
Cantaloupe
Kiwi

Corn w/husk
Onions
Sweet peas
Cabbage
Eggplant
Broccoli

Avocado

Hope this was helpful!

and remember... learn to love the life you live in, Tamara Renee