Who owns Organic?

   Most people have no idea that their most beloved Organic brands are owned by giant corporations with not so organic reputations. They make it a point that you don't know that, hiding behind names that sound small town and local. You may not reach for that Odwalla juice if you knew Coca Cola owned it huh? And Kashi's commercials don't sound so warm and fuzzy when you know Kellogg owns it. You see, selling healthy products from unhealthy companies doesn't generally go over well. So what's the problem with this? I mean if a giant corporation owns a smaller company they would never compromise quality for the sake of profits right? Ha. I personally know someone who owns an extremely high quality kombucha company, and almost did sell out to the larger corporation. She was promised her and her employees would stay in tact, all processes would stay in place. But once they got closer to finalizing the deal she saw the writing on the wall, so she backed out, and has been turning down offers ever since. Generally corporations do not put human interest at the top of their priority list. You can just use that as a general rule. Another general rule I use is not to trust flip floppers. What do I mean by that? I trust companies with core values and principles that they stick to. Not companies that sell organic and GMO at the same time. That is why I have always promoted supporting local farmers market and farms. But in case you didn't know, I have compiled a list of organic companies who are owned by large corporations. I apologize in advance if I ruin your day.

Naked Juice, Sunbites- Pepsi
Odwalla, Green Mountain Coffee, Honest Tea, Simply Orange- Coca Cola
Kashi, Bear Naked, Wholesome and Hearty, Morning Star, Natural Touch- Kellogg
Late July- Snyder's
Coleman Natural, Hans, Draper Valley Farms, Petaluma/ Rosie - Perdue Farms
Dagoba- Hershey
Boca foods, Back to Nature, Green & Blacks- Kraft
Wolfgang Puck, Plum Organics, Bolthouse Farms- Campbell Soup Co.
Seeds of Change- M&M Mars
Bloomfield Bakers, Lovin Oven, Lighlife, Alexia Foods- ConAgra
LaraBar, Food Should taste this Good, Cascadian Farm, Muir Glen, Immaculate Baking- General Mills
Orchard Valley Harvest- John B, Sanfilippo & Son
Humboldt Creamery- Foster Farms
Tea Forte. Peet's Cofe- JAB/ D.E. formerly Sara Lee
Aidell's Sausage- Hillshire Brands
Crispin, Fox Barrel- Miller/ Coors
Kettle- Diamond Foods
Olafson's Baking Co.- Bimbo
Sweet Leaf Tea, Tribe Mediterranean Foods- Nestle
Earthbound Farm, Silk, Alta Dena, Horizon Organic, The Organic Cow of Vermont- Dean Foods
Frutti di Bosco, Millina's Finest, Walnut Acres, Mountain Sun, ShariAnn's, MaraNatha, SunSpire, TofuTown, Westbrae, Beanitos, Westsoy, Little Bear, Celestial Seasonings, Dream, Breadshop, Health Valley, Casbah, DeBole's, Garden of Eatin', Arrowhead Mills, Spectrum Organics, Nile Spice, Earth's Best, Ella's kitchen, BluePrint- Hain Celestial
Enray, Millstone, RW Knudsen, Santa Cruz Organic- Smucker
Kim and Scott's- J&J Snack Foods
Stonyfield, Brown Cow, Happy Family- Dannon
Dakota Beef, Meyer Natural Foods- Cargill
French Meadow- Rich Products Corp.
Naturally Fresh, Sturm Foods- TreeHouse Foods
Erewhon, New Morning, PowerBar, Golden Boy, Dakota Growers Pasta, Peace Cereal, Golden Temple, Willamette Valley Granola- Post Foods
French Meadow- Rich Products Corp.

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