Archived Judge Halts Merger of Two of the Largest Food Corporations on the Planet (naturalsociety.com)
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Archived Judge Halts Merger of Two of the Largest Food Corporations on the Planet (naturalsociety.com)
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[–] monadnock_project 1 point 0 points 1 point (+1|-1) ago (edited ago)
while i agree on the principle that two terrible companies add to make one terrible company - this author is pretty jaded. She doesn't source a lot:
[..."food’ to the masses which likely causes diabetes, obesity, digestive disorders, and neurological disease – only with twice the power to do so...]
that's quite a statement to be prefaced by "likely causes". Also, i hate how GMO's always get roped into this conversation. GMO's aren't all bad - and broadly branding them with known carcinogen's is a good way to spread fear.
besides, it's not like blocking this merger will put healthier meals to kids in schools or grocery stores. do your homework, don't eat bad food; same as always
[–] toatsmavoats 1 point 1 point 2 points (+2|-1) ago
I came here to say this same thing. There's a line that says: "To see what kind of nutrition-lacking goop Sysco serves up, click here" which points at a page that shows, pork, seafood, produce, dairy, bread etc... Normal stuff, with good nutritional value relatively. I'm not saying maybe they have preservatives, use large corporate farms, or other shady unhealthy practices, but damn, at least link me to a page where I can find some tomacco for sale
[–] captainplanet2 [S] ago
I've never had a problem with genetic modification, obviously there is positive modification(breeding plants that contain higher omega 3's, more vitamins-minerals etc) and Negative modification(breeding plants that withstand toxic pesticides allowing for increased use of said pesticides). I do agree with the point of the article that currently these companies are producing nutrient deplete, carb loaded food which increases our disease epidemics...and by extension increases pharmaceutical profits.
Poor people can educate themselves all they want about healthy food but that knowledge is going to do very little to help them afford healthier food.