Organic farmers: Whole Foods is an unfair grader

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By Nathanael JohnsonJun 12, 2015, 5:19 pm142 pts
Whole Foods has long graded its food for its environmental and social impact. But it turns out that many organic farmers don’t like this grading system. Now a group of those farmers is protesting. In a letter to Whole Foods CEO John Mackey, they said that it costs farmers too much to get graded, and that…

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