On AlterNet: whole foods

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "whole foods"

Occupy v. Whole Foods? Activists Take Over Land Slated for Development and Start a Farm

Jeff Conant, AlterNet. April 24, 2012.

The Gill Tract is prime agricultural soil that activists hope can feed hundreds. But the UC Berkeley-owned land may be sold to Whole Foods.

10 Faux Progressive Companies ... With Some Dirty Secrets

Lauren Kelley, AlterNet. August 16, 2011.

Many of these companies have earned credibility among progressives, despite having a poor track record with the environment, sexism, union busting, monopolizing, and more.

Want Grass-Fed Meat to Replace Factory Farming? There's One Important Thing You Need to Do.

Ari LeVaux, AlterNet. July 20, 2010.

A partnership between an Indian tribe and Whole Foods almost made grass-fed beef a reality for many consumers, except there's one big problem.

Whole Foods Really Is Bad for the Planet

Kate Sheppard, Mother Jones Online. January 15, 2010.

The company flunked in a study about what companies are doing to address climate change.

Is Whole Foods Bad for the Planet?

Kate Sheppard, Mother Jones Online. January 9, 2010.

CEO John Mackey is a climate change denier. Meanwhile, companies scorned by Whole Foods' main customer base have stepped up efforts to deal with climate change.

John Mackey Steps Down As Chairman of Whole Foods: Did He Jump or Was He Pushed?

Lloyd Alter, TreeHugger. December 31, 2009.

You would think, reading the comments on his blog, that it is greatest left-wing victory since Franklin Roosevelt won the presidency.

Can 'Whole Foods Conservatives' Make the GOP "Safe for Smarties Again"?

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. December 16, 2009.

The Grand Old Party Appears to be caught between a rock and a very dumb place.

Whole Foods CEO's Dumb, Hypocritical Conservative Talking Points

Mark Harris, CounterPunch. September 7, 2009.

Why Mackey's libertarian blast against health reform has touched a sensitive nerve with many health-conscious, reform-minded Americans.

The Whole Foods Boycott

tristero, Hullabaloo. August 31, 2009.

I, for one, plan on immediately shopping again at Whole Foods, assuming, of course, that they've cut all corporate ties with John Mackey.

Whole Foods Looks and Acts More Like Wal-Mart Than a 'Sustainable' Natural Foods Store

Rob Smart, AlterNet. August 28, 2009.

Lost in the uproar over Whole Foods CEO John Mackey's controversial venture into the health care debate, is a bigger, though less subtle story.

Why You Should Boycott Whole Foods

Russell Mokhiber, CounterPunch. August 14, 2009.

The company's CEO has just launched a major campaign to defeat a single payer national health insurance system.

I'm Boycotting Whole Foods Until CEO John Mackey Retracts His Extremist Statements

DarkSyde, August 13, 2009.

Mr. Mackey, you just shat all over your best customers.

Thinking Chipotle For Lunch? Read This First If You Care About Workers' Rights

Peter Rothberg, TheNation.com. June 29, 2009.

The country's fastest-growing fast food chain has resisted calls for a commitment to ending the brutal exploitation in Florida's tomato fields.

Is Whole Foods Just Another Evil Corporation?

Sharon Smith, CounterPunch. May 11, 2009.

Beneath the surface of Whole Foods' fuzzy, progressive image is a company hell-bent on preventing its workers from unionizing.

Are Organic Foods Getting Too Pricey for the Middle Class?

Jill Richardson, AlterNet. August 29, 2008.

Even Whole Foods and its upper-middle-class customers are feeling the pinch.

Fat Cat CEOs Too Dumb to Use Computers

Scott Thill, AlterNet. June 11, 2008.

Will their ignorance ever catch up with them?

Pollan: Nutrition 'Science' Has Hijacked Our Meals -- and Our Health

Terrence McNally, AlterNet. April 3, 2008.

Much of what lines supermarket aisles is not food. It's merely foodlike, and it's making us sick.

Is Whole Foods Taking Over?

Tom Philpott, Grist.org. July 20, 2007.

The Federal Trade Commission is taking a rare foray into enforcing antitrust law in the food industry. Will it be enough to keep Whole Foods from taking command of the health food market.