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Category Archives: food
Support Your Local Dead Zone?
It’s that time of year when farmers’ markets and roadside produce stands are popping up all over. I like to go to the Bethesda Farmers’ Market on Sunday mornings to scope out the products and farmers. And I like that … Continue reading
Posted in environment, food, local food, organic foods, water
Tagged Bethesda Farmers Market, chemical farming, chesapeake bay, farmers markets
13 Comments
Ignorance is Blistering
I recently came across this product and was incredibly relieved to finally find a salt that hasn’t been genetically modified (although, the “pinkness” of this salt makes me wonder if it has been spliced with the genes of salmon)! This … Continue reading
Reasonable Zealots, An Oxymoron
I recently received the email below from a customer, her response to our monthly newsletter reminding customers to order their Thanksgiving turkeys: “I’m really surprised that your advertising says “Giving Thanks” when you talk about reserving your murdered turkey. It … Continue reading
Posted in food, organic foods
Tagged activists, animal rights, enlightenment, organics, perfection, progress, zealot, zealots
130 Comments
Good News, Bad News, Who Knows?
The Washington Post ran a story yesterday about unapproved GMO wheat that was found on an Oregon farm. At this point it’s a big mystery how this happened, as this particular GMO wheat was last tested by Monsanto in a … Continue reading
Posted in business, environment, food, GMOs, organic foods
Tagged cargill, cross contamination, GMO, GMO wheat, monsanto, oregon, organic foods, Washington Post, wheat
7 Comments
Certifiably Uncertified
A couple of years ago I was having a conversation with MOM’s Grocery Director about some products that we don’t carry. She said something that caught my attention- that there’s a faction within the organic industry that considers itself “too cool to … Continue reading
Posted in food, local food, organic foods
Tagged certification, farm, kathleen merrigan, organic farm, organic food, USDA
8 Comments
The Powerful Organic Consumer
In this past Sunday’s Washington Post, there was an article in which Whole Foods’ co-CEO Walter Robb was interviewed on their decision to require labeling of GMO products in 5 years. WF’s decision is a game changer. There have been … Continue reading
Posted in food, GMOs, organic foods
Tagged consumer, GMO, interview, labeling, Washington Post, Whole Foods, you
3 Comments
Family Dinners, A Family Value
People are usually surprised to learn when I tell them that even though MOM’s typical store footprint is about 1/4 the size of a typical Whole Foods store, our average purchase is about 20% higher. Our customers buy much more … Continue reading
Posted in food, Living, MOM's Organic Market, personal
Tagged cooking, family, family dinners, Food, MOM's Organic Market
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A Long Unicycle Ride
One of the bright spots these past few years for the environment has been the awareness and change towards saving seafood species. Greenpeace deserves a ton of credit for this. Since recently launching their seafood sustainability ratings of retailers, they … Continue reading
The Absence of Negatives
A reporter recently called to ask me about the recent Stanford study which claimed that organic foods are not more nutritious than conventional foods. I told him that while there have been studies indicating that organic foods are more nutritious … Continue reading
Posted in environment, food, GMOs, MOM's Organic Market, organic foods, water
Tagged animal cruelty, GMOs, organics, pesticides, stanford study
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