Organic Activists (page 28)

The Denver Post reviews Consumer Freedom's efforts to expose the nannies at Chef's Collaborative. For the whole story, read our report, "A Look at Chefs Collaborative and the Marketing of Organic."

Natural health food industry representative Michelle Cook bashes every food choice except organic foods and vegetables in a self-serving column in today's Ottawa Citizen. Writing a guest column disparaging your competition is much cheaper than paying for a placed advertisement. ("Fast food, faster fatigue," The Ottawa Citizen, 1/30/01)

Nannies' arguments for buying organic foods are dismissed by David Lineback, director of the Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition at the University of Maryland in today's USA Today: "Organic foods offer no special culinary, health or safety benefits, and growing them carries its own ecological burdens. So eat what you like, but don't believe you can save the planet -- or yourself -- merely by buying organic foods."

Prince Charles once again blasted conventional agriculture, based on new research funded in part by Greenpeace. Come on Charles. Greenpeace? Can't you find anyone more credible than the anti-choice nuts at Greenpeace to scare up business for your organic food products? ("Low-tech crop system beats GM, says prince," The Guardian, 1/16/01)

U.S. News & World Report reviews the arguments for and against buying overpriced organic foods. The article notes, much to anti-choice nannies' dismay, "organic foods are no richer than other varieties in vitamins, antioxidants, and other nutrients - nor are they any less likely to make you sick."

Food First’s Peter Rosset kicks off a week of nanny attacks on the hog industry, which will culminate with Thursday’s “Sustainable Hog Farming Summit,” featuring the…

Prince Charles' constant disparaging of genetically engineered food has accomplished its purpose. Charles' comments have helped cause enough fear in the public to create a market for his line of organic foods. In fact, Charles' products are now the UK's leading independent organic-food brand.

Repeating many of our arguments, Junkscience.com's Steve Milloy says, "[D]on't fall for the 'USDA Organic' label and unjustly reward the food scare-mongers and fear profiteers. 'Ripoff!' is the only label that belongs on organic food."

Organic farmers, retailers and groups like the National Farmers Union are counting the new organic standards among their Christmas bonuses. The new label stands as a government funded marketing tool…

Greenpeace's unwarranted genetically improved foods fear mongering has so upset consumers that many of them will buy only organic food products. Greenpeace is stepping in to fill the organic demand it created with its own line of organic products, on sale now in Brazil. Don't be surprised to see Greenpeace products on a supermarket shelf near you soon. ("Greenpeace to license organic products in Brazil," Agence France Presse, 12/12/00)