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Finding Healthy Food in an Unhealthy Economy

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Ben Poole

November 17, 2009 • 12:03 pm PST
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A morning news story today showing people boycotting Whole Foods for its CEO's stance on health care reform gave me an equal dose of disappointment and encouragement. Disappointing of course, because any time I see a corporation that seems to share the values of a consumer who just wants to find healthy, reliable products for his/her family, it's only a matter of time WHEN that company will be exposed for lying, cheating, stealing and generally contributing to the slow, yet constant poisoning of our food supply.

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Tags: health,; food,; activism,; natural,; consumerism,; food supply

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