I may learn to like "Whole Foods" stores!

I need to change my opinion of the giant grocery chain Whole Foods. "Whole Foods" has often been called "Whole Pocketbook" because of the cost of many of their items. Since there isn't a Whole Foods store within a hundred miles of my home, I don't have much opportunity to check them out. However, if I'm on a trip, I will occasionally stop by a Whole Foods store in search of goodies I have not found anyplace else.

Then today, the NY Times carried the story that Whole Foods has become the first retailer in the US that will require labeling of ALL genetically modified foods sold in its 339 US and Canadian stores. 

Whole Foods’ shelves already carry some 3,300 private-label and branded products that are certified non-GMO, the largest selection of any grocery chain in the country. (Look for 365 Everyday Value.)

Genetically modified ingredients have been deeply embedded in the global food supply since the 1990s. Most of the corn and soybeans grown in the United States have been genetically modified. Efforts are under way to produce a genetically altered apple that will spoil less quickly, as well as genetically altered salmon that will grow faster. 

The Whole Foods announcement ricocheted around the food industry and excited proponents of labeling. “Fantastic,” said Mark Kastel, co-director of the Cornucopia Institute, an organic advocacy group that favors labeling.

22 states in the US now have some sort of pending labeling legislation.

When did Alaska move to China??

I was food shopping yesterday at a natural foods store (Harvest Moon, Floyd, VA) about a 2 hour drive from here, and saw "Wild Alaskan Salmon" in the freezer section. The packaging touted it was free of all the stuff I avoid, so I picked up a small piece. They were vacuum-packed in individual portions (I forget the weights) and although quite pricey, I thought I might treat myself to one package... I haven't had salmon in ages!

However, being the concerned shopper I have become... I took the package over to a stronger light so I could read the teeny-tiny fine print... only to read that this "Wild Alaskan Salmon" was a product............ of China!!!

Well, I want to know just WHEN Alaska moved to China?? 

How can they advertise wild Alaskan salmon on the package when it's from China??? No doubt it's also farm-raised. And for God's sake, this was for sale in a health foods store!!!!!!!