WalMart vs. Whole Foods

i have read several articles this morning regarding WalMart's foray into
organic, locally grown produce - to compete with Whole Foods....
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i hate WalMart; i have shopped at Whole Foods but it is too expensive
for what you get - gimme a Trader Joe's any day - but that's not the point
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i am suspicious - that WalMart will contract for foods from growers
within 100 miles - but are those growers cooperating by using GM seeds?
and will customers buy food there, assuming it is "good stuff" at a
cheaper price, not realizing that the emphasis will be on corporate
profits and not health? is this simply a ploy to put Whole Foods (and smaller
organic outlets) out of business? is this flurry of articles, most of which
claim that WalMart natural foods tasted better than Whole Foods, simply
propaganda, getting the consumer ready for the take-over?
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my brain hurts.....

It's happening here too. Macro was a small organic chain that got bought out by one of the giant supermarkets. In the end I found a great organic fruit and veg stall outside a health food shop, cheaper and fresher.

Hippie you have every right to question the motives behind mega-corporations like Walmart. Smoke a splif if the grey matter is hurting.

Great post hippy. I too would love to buy good wholesome food and I too have shopped at whole foods before, but it is just to expensive for my budget as well.

I also question any big corporation about everything. I just bought some eggs 2 days ago from wal mart, and on the package it claimed the eggs were "free range eggs"? Eggs that were not coming from caged birds, like the corporations cage all their animals?

How would I know if this is true? How can I check it out for myself? The package also claimed the food given to the chickens had no meat in it, you know like grinding up other animals parts and placing the part they can't sell to humans in other animal/birds foods?

I too get head pain if I spend to much energy thinking about all this , But I do try to buy the right things as I go along, but it is not easy when we live in a world where lying is so dominant by all governments and corporations?

Who can we trust???

My answer......God, or there ain't no hope for me anyway.....LOL. I do think that a good short prayer before eating these days is very much in order considering the poisons that dominant our culture today.

Gabriel wrote:

My answer......God, or there ain't no hope for me anyway.....LOL. I do think that a good short prayer before eating these days is very much in order considering the poisons that dominant our culture today.

For the Lord make us truly thankful... Amen


Not quite my prayer Gabes but I do believe in the power of thought ;)

Its actually my Grandmothers prayer before a meal which is no doubt a well known prayer, in saying that though I do enjoy the process of appreciating and injecting the idea of a bit of thought injection into the eating process !

Appreciation of the meal I think can at times negate some neg energys !

thanks for your input, friends.... seems we are in alignment on this....
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last night, i cooked my first meal for the american legion post
members - i had to be flexible because there were many
factors in this simple task : people here are used to all the nasty
stuff, like i-can't-believe-it's-not-butter and canned vegetables and
instant mashed potatoes and fried foods, etc.......... without judging
or criticizing, my goal was to slip in healthier stuff without them
noticing... another factor was food portions while at the same time
making a profit for the post (some of the vets have said in the past
that there was not on the plate for their $6 cost, and i agree)
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but this is the point, as it relates to your comments above....
i have seen the movie and read the book it was based upon,
"Like Water for Chocolate"... the whole concept of preparing
food to feed the ones you love, of nurturing and caring - to me,
it is a magical and alchemical process - so yesterday, if you had
been listening at the kitchen door while i was preparing, you would
have heard me talking to the food as i chopped, grated, peeled....
telling it how beautiful it was, how delicious it was gonna be, how
much people would appreciate it, how grateful i was to be performing
this service...
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it was an amazing evening in many ways, the food had an effect on
my friends i cannot put into words.... but here is a portion of an
email which was in my email this morning:

"I was thinking how wonderful it was to be at the Post yesterday, and how different the vibes were from when R***/P***** are fixing dinner...so different. Kind of reminds me of the book/movie Chocolat and Water for Chocolate...this is a growing time for all of us. Everything is just falling into place, the negative people (like J*** *******) are somehow not coming anymore, and the post is being filled with love and laughter...so nice to see it."
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i cannot help but think that this is the reason i am here, at this time
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and a wonderful fantasy would be to sit with all of you around a big
table, sharing and eating delicious bits.....

What a wonderful love filled post hippy and an example of how poewrful Love actually is when spoken by a practitioner of that Love.

Your post is evidence of the power of the Spirit when connected with Love. Thanks hippy for the great testimony.

I would Love some tasty vittles from your love kitchen.

thank you, gabe...
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you inspire me you know, you help me
stay on/reaffirm my path with your stories
of spirit and the creator and our relationships;

and how we must prepare for the spritual battles,
focus on the love vibration, raise consciousness
for self, for others everywhere, for all, for ONE
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you ever think of making youtube videos, gabe?
i'd much rather listen to your experiences/conclusions/research/answers
than most of the stuff there......

great way to show em hippie..lead by example
and how nice of that person to let you know you had successed in your intent

I'm not very photogenic these days, hippy, maybe at a latter time I might....LOL notice my vainness in my answer....LOL.

I love the way you lead by example just as Sky said.

gabe, you don't have to show yerself, just script,
narrate and illustrate - with photos, art, or movie clips,
animation? most comps come with simple vid software,
come on, you can do it..... shoot, i could do it! by narrating
your posts here! and using art/music as a backdrop...
if i could do it, then you could!

I will give it some thought hippy, but I am not real good at using this computer. If I look into it and think I can accomplish the technical stuff, I may do it, but I do not know how much time it might take???

I will investigate the suggestion hip sister. I am not sure how to even start? But I will trust my Spirit to lead me if I am to do it.

can't ask for more than that, gabe... i trust your Spirit
will lead you, too

Another great avatar picture hip one

thanks, gabe, didya notice i changed my sig, too?
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i find myself inspired to shift the energy around
sometimes, for instance, i am famous for
rearranging my living space(s) all the time.....

I did not notice until you told me hip sister.....LOL amazing how much gets by us if we are not locked and loaded at all times....I love your latest rearrangement.


You are a gemstone in the flesh, you must be the center piece in some ones crown? I suspect the stones of fire probably has your name and number there some where?