[dvs] Where our food comes from

[Jerry Silberman]

If you, like me, are concerned about where your food comes from, the 
purity of it, and are interested in supporting local economies rather 
than corporate empires, the following link might be useful.
Hain Celestial owns many of the most well recognized brand names in the 
organic food business, and indeed the only source for organic flours and 
oils (other than olive) at many health food stores. Hain, as the link to 
its board of directors below shows, has close links to many folks we 
would not trust to handle our food. Over the years Hain has pursued an 
effective business strategy, from their point of view, but one which 
leaves the consumer essentially helpless. Arrowhead Mills, Celestial 
Seasonings and others of their brands were privately owned companies 
that were committed to organic food, but were confronted with offers 
which their either didn't understand, or couldn't refuse -- assuming 
they were still committed at the times of the deals.

To me this only emphasizes the importance of developing a comprehensive 
local sustainable food economy in our region, and encouraging such 
development in others as part of our response to global burning and peak 
resources. I am particularly interested, as a consumer of wheat and 
other bread grains, more so than rice, in the reestablishment of these 
crops in Pennsylvania on a commercial scale.
Jerry

http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=87078&p=irol-govBoard