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09-11-2009, 09:52 AM
Whole Foods Threatens to <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas:contacts" /><st1:GivenName w:st="on">Sue</st1:GivenName> the Organic Consumers Ass. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p>
Whole Foods sent a letter dated <?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st2:date w:st="on" Year="2009" Day="26" Month="8" ls="trans">August 26, 2009</st2:date>, signed by one of its attorneys, threatening to sue the Organic Consumers Association (OCA), under the bizarre pretense that a petition we've been circulating violates Whole Foods' "intellectual property rights." Here's OCA's response to <st2:PersonName w:st="on">CEO <st1:GivenName w:st="on">John</st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn w:st="on">Mackey</st1:Sn></st2:PersonName>:<o:p></o:p>
"Given all the bad publicity that you've gotten lately for admitting that Whole Foods Market (WFM) retail stores are purveyors of 'junk food;' that WFM needs to sell a lot more certified organic products (rather than conventional items greenwashed as 'natural'); that WFM's '365' private label products need to be thoroughly tested for GMO contamination; that you don't think all Americans deserve government subsidized access to health care; or need labor unions; perhaps you may want to reconsider suing the largest organic consumer watchdog organization in the United States..."<o:p></o:p>
Read the full text of OCA Director Ronnie Cummins' letter to John Mackey (https://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=kifwJLjlqq1lEGWmKM7WnK6nMYHIXxvN)<o:p></o:p>
Please help put the pressure on Whole Foods and Whole Foods' main distributor, United Natural Foods Incorporated (UNFI), to:<o:p></o:p>
1. Stop prioritizing the sales of conventional foods and products (greenwashed as "natural") and instead double WFM and UNFI's sales of certified organics from 1/3 to 2/3 of their total sales. This would increase US organic sales by approximately $3 billion (15%) annually! <o:p></o:p>
2. Give smaller retailers and coops that seriously promote organics (more than 1/3 of sales organic) the same UNFI discount that Whole Foods receives. <o:p></o:p>
3. Apply Domestic Fair Trade principles to the UNFI and Whole Foods supply chains by guaranteeing workers' rights to freely organize themselves into unions for collective bargaining. <o:p></o:p>
4. Support health care reform to provide universal health care coverage while reducing costs, relieving employers of health care responsibilities, and encouraging wellness and prevention through nutrition and complementary natural medicine.<o:p></o:p>
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<o:p>https://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_19057.cfm :thumbsup:
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Whole Foods sent a letter dated <?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st2:date w:st="on" Year="2009" Day="26" Month="8" ls="trans">August 26, 2009</st2:date>, signed by one of its attorneys, threatening to sue the Organic Consumers Association (OCA), under the bizarre pretense that a petition we've been circulating violates Whole Foods' "intellectual property rights." Here's OCA's response to <st2:PersonName w:st="on">CEO <st1:GivenName w:st="on">John</st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn w:st="on">Mackey</st1:Sn></st2:PersonName>:<o:p></o:p>
"Given all the bad publicity that you've gotten lately for admitting that Whole Foods Market (WFM) retail stores are purveyors of 'junk food;' that WFM needs to sell a lot more certified organic products (rather than conventional items greenwashed as 'natural'); that WFM's '365' private label products need to be thoroughly tested for GMO contamination; that you don't think all Americans deserve government subsidized access to health care; or need labor unions; perhaps you may want to reconsider suing the largest organic consumer watchdog organization in the United States..."<o:p></o:p>
Read the full text of OCA Director Ronnie Cummins' letter to John Mackey (https://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=kifwJLjlqq1lEGWmKM7WnK6nMYHIXxvN)<o:p></o:p>
Please help put the pressure on Whole Foods and Whole Foods' main distributor, United Natural Foods Incorporated (UNFI), to:<o:p></o:p>
1. Stop prioritizing the sales of conventional foods and products (greenwashed as "natural") and instead double WFM and UNFI's sales of certified organics from 1/3 to 2/3 of their total sales. This would increase US organic sales by approximately $3 billion (15%) annually! <o:p></o:p>
2. Give smaller retailers and coops that seriously promote organics (more than 1/3 of sales organic) the same UNFI discount that Whole Foods receives. <o:p></o:p>
3. Apply Domestic Fair Trade principles to the UNFI and Whole Foods supply chains by guaranteeing workers' rights to freely organize themselves into unions for collective bargaining. <o:p></o:p>
4. Support health care reform to provide universal health care coverage while reducing costs, relieving employers of health care responsibilities, and encouraging wellness and prevention through nutrition and complementary natural medicine.<o:p></o:p>
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<o:p>https://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_19057.cfm :thumbsup:
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