Howdy, all--
Thought this item from /The Daily Gist/ might interest some of you.
peace
mish
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A GREEN AND PLEASANT ICELAND
British supermarket company Iceland, the first supermarket chain to
ban genetically modified foods, announced yesterday that it is
investing more than $13 million in a push to make organic produce
available to customers at prices comparable to those of foods grown
with pesticides. Iceland has made deals to buy nearly 40 percent of
the world's organic produce, and it plans to invest $1.5 million in
the British National Trust's farming program to increase the amount
of organic farmland in Britain. Iceland says the British market for
organic food is expected to grow by 40 percent per year for the next
five years. "It is our aim to stop organics being a niche market and
make it accessible to all income groups," said Iceland Chair Malcolm
Walker.
straight to the source: Planet Ark, Reuters, Mian Ridge, 06.15.00
<http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm?newsid=7109>
read it only in Grist Magazine: Should you invest in Iceland? -- in
our Greenbacks column
<http://www.gristmagazine.com/grist/greenbacks/greenbacks063099.stm>
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