The Cornucopia Institute

A thought-provoking question came in from an astute observer of the natural foods industry regarding my article in the July/August Cooperative Grocer: “Reclaiming the True Meaning of Organic.” She wanted to know about some of the corporate ownership stakes in familiar organic brands. Are megacorporations, including Heinz, General Foods, Dean, Campbell’s, and many others, simply acting as investors, holding minority equity positions in independent corporations, or do they actually own, control, and set policy, for some of the biggest names in organic food?