Serious Eats
Organic Brands and Who Owns What
Good magazine—with the help of a Michigan State University agriculture and resource studies professor—has put together a chart showing which of the major U.S. corporate food processors own or have ties to the organic brands we often see on the shelves. It's a helpful chart, but there's no accompanying article that I could find on the site. So I ask: What's the point? I'd like to read something that informs me as to why I should care about the relationship between these entities. Otherwise, the chart's implication is "association with corporations = bad." Which prompts me to play devil's advocate: Is it a given that simply being a subsidiary of a major corporation paints the organic brand with a less-than-green brush? Do you avoid these brands because of their ties? And if so, the info I'd find even more useful: What noncorporate organic brands do you buy instead?
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