breaking down the supermarket

I've been spending a good portion of ten months trying to navigate myself around all the gimmicks of the grocery store. Blindly trying to figure out was organic really worth the extra two dollars, and was there really Genetically Modified ingredients in non-organic food that i had to worry about. It wasn't until I started the research for the united states of Kraft project about a month ago that I really was able to sort through all the marketing and get to the facts. But along the way I've started to find some great websites that help.


9 Food Label Lies - a great article that breaks down step by step the most common "healthy food" phrases that are really just marketing exaggeration.
    "the government doesn't regulate the use of the phrase "free range" or "cage free" on eggs. Legally speaking, it's meaningless"


Mass Production of Food is Ruining Our Health - a pretty lengthy but very smart article that touches on every reason why you should be upset with the disaster that is going on behind your food.
    "If you could witness how most of our food is produced, you would not eat it; you would be outraged. We are so far removed from our food."

CSPI's Food Additive Chart - the center for science in the public interest put together this really great chart that lists a whole bunch of food additives, breaking them down to say a little bit about them and how safe they are.

Huge List of Genetically Modified Frankenfoods - the origin of this list I haven't been able to locate, and there is chance that this is long outdated (it's from 2004). But it's a great list to read and just keep those products in mind... especially considering this is the only GM product list I have been able to find thus far.

Genetically Modified Food - this article not only has a list of what crops are genetically modified, it also gives a background on genetically modified food.


and for people who want to take matters into their own hands Sustainable Seed Co and Bountiful Gardens are both online sellers of heirloom seeds. Which means, not only are they "organic", but they are also GM free and not a monoculture. I've only bought from Sustainable Seed Co at this point in time... but they were a great company and I look forward to buy more from them and try out Bountiful Gardens as well.