Genetically modified foods are everywhere, having crept into processed foods as key components, such as corn oil, corn flour, high fructose corn syrup, soybean oil, soy isolate, invert sugar and on down the food label. How can a consumer cope? Until GE foods are labeled, shoppers have to ferret out the non-GMO foods and ingredients.
Tags: · Agriculture, biotech, corn, engineered foods, GE foods, GMO foods, groceries, Non-GMO Project, Organic certification, Organics, packaged foods, soybeans, sugar beets
From Green Right Now Reports:
Greenpeace followed up the release this week of its latest Carting Away the Oceans scorecard with a friendly and fishy demonstration outside Trader Joe’s stores in San Francisco.
Greenpeace members, two of whom dressed as orange roughy and others who parodied Trader’s by wearing Hawaiian shirts mimicking the store’s trademark uniform, handed out information on why its important to select and buy seafood that can be replenished and also asked prospective customers to sign petition postcards to privately held grocery company.
Tags: · Carting Away the Oceans, Greenpeace, groceries, Oceans, overfishing, Retailers, seafood, seafood Red List, sustainability, Trader Joe's
By Barbara Kessler
Green Right Now
When you fish for seafood at your local grocery, it can be difficult to tell whether you are supporting sustainable fishing practices.
Was the snapper you selected caught using legal, sustainable fishing practices? Should you even be buying it? Is the Chilean Sea Bass you just purchased on the “Red List” of jeopardized marine species? Does the grocery you’re patronizing buy seafood certified by the Marine Stewardship Council?
Tags: · Carting Away the Oceans scorecard, food sustainability, Greenpeace, groceries, Marine Stewardship Council, ocean health, seafood, sustainability
Barbara Kessler
Andrew Winston
Danielle Nierenberg
Anthony Swift