It is my belief that we do not have a fundamental right to pilfer and plunder our natural world, and that what we do have is a fundamental responsibility to do what we can to protect our planet's waters, soils, air, and the diverse wildlife that we share these resources with. The former does not ensure economic prosperity for all; the latter does. When one learns that certain actions have consequences--say, that morning coffee ritual from a business that heavily uses styrofoam cups, a product that simply and effectively trashes the earth--is there not only one ethical and moral thing to do? To start buying coffee from a business that does more for the environment? Change is necessary if we care about all the generations behind us--human and wildlife alike. But change is a complicated thing.

Therein lies the conundrum.

My pledge: to embrace change, and to find solutions to the conundrum.


Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Organic [Food] Industry Structure (aka Pac Man)

Click on each picture to enlarge for easier reading.  These are not new charts.  I've had them on my hard drive for a couple of years, and rediscovered them today.  Online source: "Phil Howard, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Community, Agriculture, Recreation and Resource Studies, Michigan State University."


1st = "Major Independents and Their Brands"



2nd = "Top 30 Food Processors in North America"


3rd = "Acquisitions by the Top 25 Processors in North America"


Last, "private Label Brands"


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