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Really, don't you wish we could have charts like this for every industry? Maybe then we could figure out where the money and power is really going...

Wow, this is really depressing.

hershey also owns dagoba and sharffen bergen, both offer organic products.

I should know, I work for hershey.

also, I'm not one who intentionally shops organic, but I've never understood why it's an issue for smaller companies to be joined together or even owned by larger ones. it's basic economics, creating economies of scale helps to keep prices manageable so we can eat without refinancing our homes!

Interesting. It's a good reminder that consumers really need a good source of information about a brand's environmental practices, rather than just assuming based on the name that a company is responsible. The positive thing I think these charts show is that big business does appreciate the economic value of organics, and is beginning to realize that people truly want change.

mf1192,

it becomes an issue mainly because larger companies tends to answer to the shareholders and not the ethics.

Recently, larger agro industrial companies have tried to get the USFDA to change the rules of the organic labels. This would have resulted in allowing the use of GMO between others.

Small farms created the organic movement to differentiate themselves from huge company and defend their respect towards food and earth.

fair enough, thanks for the explanation.