WELCOME TO 2014 WHERE SUPERMARKETS ARE FULL OF GARBAGE. THIS MORNING WE WENT TO PUBLIX “SUPER MARKET” ON SW 27TH AVE. WE WERE SHOCKED TO SEE THE ORGANIC FOOD SECTION COMPLETELY REMOVED. WE NOTICED THIS ALARMING TREND AT THE PUBLIX AT BAYPOINT, WHERE THE ORGANIC PRODUCE SECTION HAD MAGICALLY VANISHED, THE SAME AT THE SHORES LOCATION. NO ORGANIC PRODUCE IN SOUTH FLORIDA? THAT SEEMS BIZARRE
IT DOESN’T TAKE MUCH RESEARCH INTO THE GMO GAME TO QUICKLY UNDERSTAND THE RAMIFICATIONS OF MONSANTOS HYPER-AGGRESSIVE TAKEOVER STRATEGIES AND HOW HARD THEY LOBBY TO KEEP LABEL TRANSPARENCY FROM BEING MANDATORY. WHEN READING THE PUBLIX POSITION STATEMENTS THEY ARE CLEARLY BEHIND FDA REGULATION, BUT DO NOT SEE THE BENEFITS OF BEING A PROGRESSIVE “SUPERMARKET” FOCUSED ON THE HEALTH OF THEIR WORKERS & CUSTOMERS. BUT IN THE SAME PARAGRAPH BELIEVE “THERE IS AN URGENT NEED TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT FOOD BIOTECHNOLOGY AND GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD PRODUCTS“. CALLING BS! PUBLIX IS ABOUT THAT QUICK BUCK. ONCE YOU READ THE MONSANTO DO NOT BUY LIST, YOU QUICKLY SEE THERE ARE NOT MANY PRODUCTS LEFT IN THESE MASSIVE SUPERMARKETS TO EAT
WITH MONSANTO HOLDING COMPANIES MOVING INTO NON-GMO SECTORS IT IS SCARY TO SEE SUCH A HARDCORE MONOPOLY EXTENDING ITS REACH EVEN FARTHER. FIRST WE HAD WALMART, NOW WE SEE PUBLIX FOLDING TO THE LOBBYING POWER OF MONSANTO. THIS IN TURN BECOMES CLASS WARFARE, WHEN YOU DO NOT ALLOW ACCESS TO HEALTHY NON-GMO FOODS, BY TAKING THEM COMPLETELY OUT OF YOUR SUPERMARKETS ALTOGETHER.
IT IS A HARSH REALITY THAT BEING HEALTHY COSTS, AND IF YOU CAN’T AFFORD TO EAT HEALTHY, YOU ARE TRAPPED IN A VICIOUS CYCLE. IN THE AGE OF CONSCIOUS CONSUMPTION WE CHOSE WHAT BUSINESSES WE SUPPORT, IF YOUR SUPERMARKET CHAIN DOESN’T THINK PROVIDING FRESH HEALTHY FOOD TO ITS CUSTOMERS IS A PRIORITY, THEN MAYBE THEY ARE IN THE WRONG BUSINESS. THE CONSUMER IS THE ULTIMATE DECIDER, BUT WE SEE REMOVING ORGANIC AND NON-GMO PRODUCTS FROM THE SHELVES AS AN ACT OF WARFARE. WHEN DID PUBLIX CHOOSE TO GO THE EUGENICS ROUTE?