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Politics : The Environmentalist Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Crocodile who wrote (3186)	3/17/2004 1:01:03 PM
From: Raymond Duray	Respond to of 36918

ORGANIC FOODS Hi croc, Re: Are any of the major food chains in the U.S. starting to stock large lines of organic products yet? Absolutely. There is a chain in the U.S. called "Whole Foods" that has seen phenomenal growth over the past decade. wholefoods.com They set up a store here in Bend about 5 years ago and it has been a great success. Initially, some of us were concerned that they would drive the other locally owned organic and natural food stores out of business, but this hasn't been the case as the city has grown quite a lot and people's attitudes about wholesome food has been changing significantly. For example, I took some major brand Chilean grapes to party last Friday night. One of the first questions asked by another guest was "do they still use DDT in Chile?" So, the consciousness and concern is definitely out there. As far as our supermarkets go, we have much larger "organic" sections in produce departments than we had 5 years ago. But I haven't spotted the organic frozen entrees yet. Probably only because I'm never looking for such things.