Raw New England Community

[Victoria Boutenko]

Dear Friends,
We like shopping at stores that carry organic foods. The organic industry is a fast- growing industry in the United States. We’re not the only ones who notice that - large corporations do too. Recently I ran across a unique website created by assistant professor of Michigan State University,Philip H. Howard, PhD. From this website I learned that my favorite frozen fruit company, Cascadian Farms, is in fact owned by General Mills. I contacted Dr. Howard and he graciously gave me permission to publish his research link.You will find out many more connections:

Odwalla- owned by Coca Cola
Naked Juice-owned by Pepsi
Spectrum Organics, Garden of Eden, Celestial Seasonings and others- owned by Heinz
Boca Foods and Back to Nature- owned by Kraft
Dagoba Chocolates- owned by Hershey
Morningstar Farms- owned by Kellogg
Horizon and White Wave - owned by Dean
Nature’s Farm- owned by Tyson
Annie’s Naturals- owned by Solera Capital
Maranatha- owned by American Capital Strat. Ltd.
Power Bars- owned by Nestle
Seeds of Change- owned by M&M Mars


You may see for yourself; look for your favorite companies at this link:


http://www.msu.edu/~howardp/organicindustry.html