Trader Joe, Say It Ain’t So!
By mike flugennockMonday - July 30th, 2012Categories: Globalization, Occupy, environmentTags:food, GMO, labeling, Monsanto, Trader Joe's
This is a public service announcement — with dubstep!
On a way-too-hot Sunday afternoon, a DC contingent in solidarity with Occupy Monsanto paid a surprise visit to the Trader Joe’s on 25th Street NW in Foggy Bottom, “shopping for truth” as they entered the store in a hazmat-suit-wearing conga line. Meanwhile, outside, a spirited dubstep picket educated and entertained paasersby and Trader Joe’s customers on mass-produced foods made with ingredients based on genetically-modified organisms (GMOs), and the influence of corporations like Monsanto on US policy and legislation on the labeling of GMO-based food items.
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