Healthy Food Ideas » canman http://www.simplifymyfoodchoices.com/healthyideas how to make better choices when shopping and preparing food Wed, 19 Jan 2011 14:30:32 +0000 en hourly 1 Big Box Retailers Positioning to Crush Local Health Stores http://www.simplifymyfoodchoices.com/healthyideas/2009/03/big-box-retailers-positioning-to-crush-local-health-stores/ http://www.simplifymyfoodchoices.com/healthyideas/2009/03/big-box-retailers-positioning-to-crush-local-health-stores/#comments Wed, 18 Mar 2009 03:01:49 +0000 canman http://simplifymyfoodchoices.com/healthyideas/?p=33 Big box retailers are positioning themselves to crush local natural and co-op food stores with “natural” and “organic” foods that are not environmentally friendly, that disrupt local economies, and that have the potential to stress many thousands of local farmers or even put them out of business.

According to the USDA, since 1960 more than 1.5 million acres of farmland is converted to nonagricultural use every year.

Read more in our article: Eat Local Does Not Mean Big Box Retailers

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