To: AC Gallo, President, Walter Robb, Co CEO, and John Mackey, Co CEO
Whole Foods: Stop voting to put herbicides in organic food
Tell Whole Foods to stop voting for ammonium nonanoate, a herbicide and other dangerous non organic ingredients to be in organic food.
Why is this important?
Whole Foods sits on the Organic Standards Board which regulates what is allowed in USDA certified organic foods. Whole Foods time and time again votes with Big Food, companies like Kellogg and General Mills that own organic food lines, to allow non organic ingredients in certified organic foods. According to the New York Times, Whole Foods voted in favor of adding ammonium nonanoate, a herbicide, to organic foods. Partially because of Whole Foods, there are now 250 non organic ingredients allowed in organic food. Tell Whole Foods, one of the biggest players in organics, to stand up for real organic food like Eden does and stop aligning with Big Food to allow toxic substances in organic food that jepordize our health simply to maximize it's already huge profits.