Green Hype and Hoax...

I'm sure many of you read with interest as I did the story early this week about Anheuser-Busch (the company behind Budweiser) and their "wild Hop Lager" organic beer. In a nutshell, Anheuser-Busch have been muscling the USDA to relax their standards as to what constitutes an "organic" product. Just approved to an already questionable list are 38 ingredients (including 19 food colorings) that may now be added to our food (in quantities up to 5%) and still have the product receive the USDA's "organic" stamp of approval. AB claim that the hops they want to use aren't available in large enough quantities in the organic version, so they need to use non organic hops to make their organic beer...

I could bore you with more details, but there is one point here you have to understand: People ask me all the time "What can I do to make a difference?" and I keep telling them; there is no stronger vote, no stronger statement you can make than the one you make with your money.

its as simple as this: we've all seen the story. anybody who now goes out and purchases even one can or bottle of this bogus product, is voting for a lessening of organic standards, and lets be honest here; voting for a system that will eventually make the term "organic" irrelevant. If you want to make a difference, do this. Find out which companies make "real" organic food; which have been doing so from the outset and do it so as to make the world a better place. Not these wannabe companies jumping on a bandwagon that had to come along just so as to cash in on this "green" wave sweeping the country right now. Sure; its great, albeit 20 years too late in my book, but seriously; support the companies that are in this, and have been for a while, for the right reasons.

Then you'll be making a difference.