We hear Pro-GMO pundits speaking about how these crops reduce the need for pesticides all of the time. Well what happens when the crop with it’s own built-in pesticides no longer work? That’s what is happening now with Monsanto corn. Resistance has built up in the rootworm population and the trait engineered into the corn is no longer working! Even the crop rotation suggested by Monsanto is failing. This is fact, not hyperbole, so one wonders what sort of spin the GMO industry will try to create. Anyway, for more on the story in the St. Louis Business Journal click… Read More
A nice little blog on our trail mix!
SunRidge Farms ‘Hit the Trail’ mix was featured on the blog ‘Lisa Cooking’. Here’s the article – [link]
Progressive Grocer awards Editors Picks for two SRF items!
SunRidge Farms is pleased to announce that two of our newest items, Sea Salt & Turbinado Dark Chocolate Almonds and Hatch Green Chile Fiesta Mix have been awarded Editor’s Pick’s by Progressive Grocer for being the year’s most original, engaging and downright fun retail items. For the full story click here, [link]
The Gourmet Retailer awards SunRidge Farms with an Editors Pick!
SunRidge Farms’ Organic Greek Yogurt Almonds were awarded a 2013 Editor’s Pick for being one of year’s most outstanding retail items. With more than 940 submissions by manufacturers across the country, we are excited and honored to be recognized.To see the full story please visit The Gourmet Retailer’s website, [link]
How much time is adequate for human safety trials?
Recently Monsanto and other chemical companies created a website that is supposed to ‘clear the air’ about Genetically Modified Organisms. This new ‘transparency’ is an attempt at making these products easy to understand and to minimize any possibility that these foods might actually be detrimental to the human body. However, the PR firm hired to create this website so far has yet to be identified. Transparency?? Perhaps this PR firm is actually afraid of being identified, perhaps not…yet it stands to reason that fear of being associated publicly with Monsanto might not be so good for business. So what does… Read More
Monsanto and others hire new PR agency and launch websites to spread 'the truth'
We support Washington State’s Initiative 522 for GMO labeling which, based on unbiased polls, 93% of all Americans want. Monsanto and their counterparts (Dow, Syngenta, etc.) have formed a coalition to try and put a positive face on GMO’s. For more on this, click here for this story – [link]
Understanding Organic Foods
This is a great article on organic and conventional foods, labeling, and benefits. This is worth reading – [link]