Info
You are currently browsing the Green Gardeners’ News Blog By Carol “Golden Shovel” Whitaker weblog archives for the day 2. April 2010.
Calendar
Categories
Latest Postings
- 25. December 2011: A Lovely Outdoor Room In The Palm Garden
- 24. December 2011: Fisher Island Garden Room
- 23. December 2011: An Outdoor Garden Room With Flair
- 22. December 2011: Garden Rooms, A Place To Be
- 22. December 2011: Mona Johnson, Lighthouse Point Garden Club Garden To Be Featured
- 21. December 2011: Christmas and Chanukah in the Garden
- 21. December 2011: Your Gardens Featured
- 20. December 2011: Announcing Golden Shovel Organics
- 1. December 2011: Christmas Poinsettias
- 24. November 2011: January 12 Speaking Engagement At Delray Library
Links
Blogroll
- *Aware Radio, Interviews Doctors & Spiritual Masters
- *Ban Genetically Modified Organisms / Foods
- *Big Cypress National Preserve / Everglades
- *Bio Identical Hormone Info by Suzanne Somers
- *Cancer Research Finds Virus That Cures
- *Chemicals in Women's Products
- *DEP Coastal Projects
- *DEP Watershed
- *Dr Weil, Green Healthy Living
- *Eco Advisors
- *Environmental Groups
- *Environmental News Network
- *Florida Everglades
- *Florida State Parks
- *Ft. Lauderdale Acupuncture, Karen Rowe
- *Gardens Alive
- *Green Gardeners News Blog
- *Green News
- *Green News
- *Healthful Dog Food by Ellen DeGeneris
- *Healthy Dog Foods, By Dr. Weil
- *Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower, Center University of Texas
- *Natural Resources Defense Council Bottled Water Report
- *Pink Shovel Landscapes, Greenscapes
- *Planet Natural
- *Radio Green Earth
- *Seattle Times Fertilizer Articles by Duff Wilson
- *Seminole Indian Tribe of Florida
- *South Florida Water Management
- *University of Florida Horticulture
- Chelsea Green Publishing
- Environmental Working Group
- EWG Cosmetic Toxins Info
- Florida Native Plant Society
- Florida Plants
- Green Garden Products
- Growing Up On Chapman Field
- Mary's gardening adventures
- National Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine
- Natural Resources Defense Council
- Plants USDA
- Regional Conservation Info
Archives
Archive for 2. April 2010
Green Washing is Alive and At It Again
2. April 2010 by Carol Whitaker.
It’s been awhile since I’ve posted as I’ve been working diligently on a manuscript for a book I am writing. It’s about time I got back here.
- While watching The Jim Leher Report on PBS today I saw an ad for Earth Grains. I went to the website and made a discovery, as I had suspected I would - that there is some Green Washing going on. Yes, of course the Sara Lee bread products are made from grains grown on the earth but as you will see if you read the article here, http://industry.bnet.com/food/10001539/sara-lees-earthgrains-smack-down-why-greenwashing-is-hard-to-get-away-with/the company is trying to make us believe that somehow applying the usual chemicals and fertilizers to soil that is being depleted and polluted by these processes is somehow Green, that is, good for the environment, us and is sustainable.
- I hoped for the best while I expected to find the worst. Unfortunately, there was nothing at the earthgrains site that talked about using natural ecologically sound practices or refraining from using genetically modified seed for growing. The genetically modified seed alone angers me. Who wants to eat food which has the herbicides and pesticides genetically implanted in it. It’s just nuts!
- And of course, it’s the way it is these days with industrial foods. So check it out and learn that these breads are no better than others made the usual way. They are not even local.
- If all things are equal, meaning that the crop or food product is produced the usual way, with no consideration for natural organic methods, or the growers don’t use heritage seeds that aren’t genetically contaminated with pesticides and herbicides, then at least I prefer to buy locally, helping the local economy where I live, and eating food that at least doesn’t have as many chemicals because it doesn’t need to be preserved for storing and shipping until it finally gets to the dining room table.
Posted in Breaking Environmental News, Sustainability Issues | No Comments »
|