Thank you for sharing your post with me. And I'm glad you addressed this point about Whole Foods, as I was hoping to start a discussion about it. And I agree with you. Supporting local farmers markets and growing your own food are some of the best solutions today to ensure that we get organic, non-GMO ingredients in our food. I have just started my own garden in fact, growing organic fruits and veggies, and visit local farmers markets in my area whenever possible.

And from the information in your post it makes the controversy about Whole Foods much clearer, and shows that Whole Foods isn't being honest about what ingredients are in their products, and they factually cannot ensure that they are providing fully organic, non-GMO products.

It's unfortunate because I would really like to see an organization that supplies honestly sourced, organic, non-GMO products with the kind of volume and accessibility of a big corporation. But the fact is I have never seen a big corporation be able to maintain its integrity in that regard. And so yes, the smaller local businesses seem to be the more reliable choice, a point well made in your article.

As far as accessibility and awareness about health food, I think that there still are some organic, non-GMO products that Whole Foods does supply, which will now be that much more accessible with Amazon coming into the picture. (For instance, Whole Foods carries products from Organic Meadow, a local organic dairy farm in Canada not too far from me.) And hopefully this accessibility encourages more people to opt for healthy foods. And to stop supporting big corporations like Monsantos, as you said.

Thanks again for engaging with me. I've followed you and will keep my eye out for more of your health related posts. Cheers!