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City of Weston, Florida

2008-02-27T11:02:00.000-08:00

City Overview
As of 2007, Weston's population is 65,720 people. Since 2000, it has had a population growth of 33.34 percent. See all of our Weston demographic data.
The median home cost in Weston is $538,100. Home appreciation the last year has been -4.35 percent. Find more data on Weston Real Estate.
Compared to the rest of the country, Weston's cost of living is 28.91% Higher than the U.S. average. See our full report on Weston Cost of Living.
Weston public schools spend $5,624 per student. The average school expenditure in the U.S. is $6,058. There are about 25 students per teacher in Weston. Learn about Weston Schools and Education.
The unemployment rate in Weston is 2.30 percent(U.S. avg. is 4.60%). Recent job growth is Positive. Weston jobs have Increased by 1.66 percent. See our full report on Weston Economy.

People
Weston, FL
United States
Population
65,720
293,655,400
Pop. Density
2,766
80
Pop. Change
33.34%
5.88%
Median Age
35.7
37.6
Households
21,521
108,954,329
Household Size
3
2.6
Male Population
48.50%
48.65%
Female Population
51.50%
51.35%
Married Population
71.77%
58.89%
Single Population
28.23%
41.11%
ESTIMATED TOTAL POPULATION BY AGE

Age 0 to 4
9.14%
6.74%
Age 5 to 9
9.23%
6.73%
Age 10 to 14
9.01%
7.10%
Age 15 to 17
5.71%
4.32%
Age 18 to 20
3.45%
4.37%
Age 21 to 24
4.25%
5.53%
Age 25 to 34
9.31%
13.47%
Age 35 to 44
19.47%
14.86%
Age 45 to 49
8.60%
7.51%
Age 50 to 54
6.88%
6.73%
Age 55 to 59
5.10%
5.66%
Age 60 to 64
3.42%
4.44%
Age 65 to 74
4.12%
6.45%
Age 75 to 84
1.84%
4.41%
Age 85 and over
0.48%
1.70%
RACE

White
85.32%
77.53%
Black
4.94%
12.35%
Asian
3.81%
3.58%
American Indian
0.13%
0.89%
Other
6.28%
5.65%
Hispanic
36.44%
12.73%
Non-Hispanic
63.98%
87.27%
FAMILY

Married, w/children
43.86%
27.90%
Married, no children
27.67%
31.04%
Single, w/children
7.06%
9.43%
Single, no children
21.32%
30.05%
Divorced
6.38%
7.64%
Separated
2.54%
2.82%
Widowed
3.10%
7.42%
Now Married
69.30%
57.73%
Never Married
18.70%
24.39%

The 2007 Weston, FL, population is 65,720. There are 2,766 people per square mile (population density).
Family in Weston, FL
The median age is 35.7. The US median is 37.6. 69.30% of people in Weston, FL, are married. 6.38% are divorced.
The average household size is 3 people. 43.86% of people are married, with children. 7.06% have children, but are single.
Race in Weston, FL
85.32% of people are white, 4.94% are black, 3.81% are asian, 0.13% are native american, and 6.28% claim 'Other'.
36.44% of the people in Weston, FL, claim hispanic ethnicity (meaning 63.56% are non-hispanic).

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Aerial view: Image courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey

BARAKA "The Silent Film"

2008-02-27T09:41:00.000-08:00

Ron Fricke and Mark Magidson produced an outstanding movie called "BARAKA". In several languages, the word Baraka means blessing. Truly, this movie is a blessing. A blessing offered to those who cherish the environment, and a blessing chanted in the name of Nature itself. This profound hymn celebrates nature in a very powerful way given that there are no words to distract the viewer who can only allow his or her soul to be moved, accompanied by some enchanting music.

I was happy to recognize some of the places shown on the movie such as Jerusalem's Wailing Wall, the rain forests of the Amazon, Mount Everest, Auschwitz, the refuse dumps of Calcutta or the Egyptian Pyramids. At the same time, I was humbled by my lack of knowledge of all the beautiful places and amazing cultures that make up planet Earth. Seeing so many different ways in which human beings worship depending on their culture, brought to my attention that no matter how different they look, all peoples share the same basic needs whether they be Buddhist monks, Orthodox Jews or African aborigens.

Seeing images from the past such as the Egyptian Pyramids or Auschwitz, or from the present as in the war fields, reminds us that manking has always taken over his environment, but he has not always made the best of his knowledge. This film reminds us that it is the environment that sustains all life, human life as well. Destroying the environment by cutting down the forests caused the Indians of the rain forests to end up in the Brazilian slums. Man's domination over his environment has allowed him to improve his life; unfortunately, humans do not set limits to their actions. Consequently, they have moved away from a natural way of living, and their new fast-paced life in the industrial world has turned them into machines that lead an artificial life where man exists alone, cutting himself from the nurturing of community living.

Even though some viewers might miss the verbal interpretation that usually accompany documentaries, the film "Baraka" says without using words what we need to hear if only we would listen with our hearts and souls. Let's not be afraid to write the script that speaks so loudly and so clearly in the silence of "Baraka"; it will only bring more "blessings" to our planet.

Turtles and Tortoises

2008-02-27T09:35:00.000-08:00

It was an amazing experience to observe the reptiles that were presented to our class, namely, the African Hinge-back Tortoise, the Central American Ornated Red-foot Turtle, the Mud Turtle from the U.S., the Texas Box Turtle, the African-Spur Turtle, and the Russian Turtle.

Tortoises differ from turtles as they live on land and use water only for bathing and drinking. These reptiles use their shells or carapaces to protect themselves from their predators. Growth rings appear on the carapace. Their bodies adapt to their habitats and this is evident in the differences in their snouts which may be sharp in carnivores or dull if they are herbivores. Their feet may be webbed for swimming or limbs may be present for stronger muscles needed for walking or digging holes. They also vary in size, skin-texture, and color.

The Central American Ornated Red-foot Turtle is a great example of the variety of texture and color. This attractive animal’s face is adorned with thin red lines, and the legs, tail, plastron (underside of the shell), and marginal scutes (sides of the shell) are heavily marked with red and black. The shell is moderately elongated in shape. Males can be distinguished from females by the thicker tail and concave plastron. They can reach up to 7 inches long whereas females can be about two inches longer. They are endangered as they are domesticated because of their beauty, and they also require more care and do not do well in captivity.

Hinge backs are a species of tortoise that have hinges on the bottom part of their shells. The African hinge back tortoise is not listed as endangered; however, these animals are being exported out of their native areas in large numbers because of their unique shells, with a movable hinge. The hinges allow the back of the shell to clamp down so the back legs and tail have increased protection from predators. They can retreat their head quite far when threatened, bringing the front legs in to seal the anterior opening in the carapace; the knees meet in front of the head with the feet pointing to either side. The enlarged scales of the forelegs face outward in this position, protecting the legs themselves. Overall, they are rather small in size, but the largest type can grow to be nearly 12 inches long.

The Texas Box Turtle is very ornated, and it has a single hinge at the front of the lower shell (plastron), allowing to fold it up and closing the front of the shell entirely; thus the common name of “box turtle”. They also have a hooked upper jaw (“beak”). Males have a longer tail thank females with a thick base and a somewhat concave plastron, whereas females have a flat one. They used to be seen in backyards, on ranches, and along roadways, but many Texans report that they are now hard to find. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department would like to know if you see a box turtle in the state.

The Mud Turtle is another American turtle that is found in the Southeast of the country. It has a double-hinged plastron, similar to the box turtle, and the males have longer and thicker tails than the females. Interestingly, the Florida striped mud turtle differs from those found in the Carolinas or in Georgia. It has yellow head stripes and three light longitudinal stripes on a dark carapace whereas other mud turtles lack these stripes, retaining only the light stripe between the eye and nostril. Furthermore, the females of the striped mud turle nest in the fall, rather than the spring or summer as other mud turtles do.

The tan-colored Russian Tortoise is the smallest of them all. It generally reaches a length of 6 to 8 inches. Their carapace is very round, and the vertebral scutes of the carapace are noticeably flat. The tail has a terminal claw, and it is generally longer and thicker in males than in females. The Russian Tortoise has four claws on each foot.

For its part, the African Spur Tortoise is the largest of these reptiles. Its shell length ranges up to 36 inches and weighs up to 240 lbs. Well cared for in a pen, it can live up to 70 years. This tortoise has a uniform brown to golden yellow color. Growth rings on each scute appear on the carapace. There are also well-defined spurs on the rear legs, which gives it its name African spur thigh tortoise. The skin is thick which may serve to reduce fluid loss through transpiration.

This brief encounter with these different tortoises illustrates how diverse the same species can be. It is important to remember that in many places it is illegal to take wildlife out of the wild without the proper permits from local, state, or federal authorities. Also, it is important to remember that captive reptiles or amphibians should not be released into the wild as this will disrupt the natural order of our environment.

For more information, please visit the following websites:

http://www.wnyherp.org/
http://www.turtlesite.info.html/
http://www.centralpets.com/
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/
http://www.rollinghillswildlife.com/

Florida Disaster Preparedness Program

2008-02-20T11:32:00.000-08:00

Office for Domestic Preparedness Grant ProgramEnhance the ability of the State of Florida to prevent, deter, respond to and recover from threats and incidents of terrorism involving the use of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive (CBRNE) weapons and cyber attacks.

"The threat of terrorism does not have to change your life. Just Be Prepared."

How Should Florida Prepare For Terrorism?

Unlike with a Hurricane or a Flood, there will likely be NO WARNING for a terrorist attack. We, as Floridians can make sure that our families know what we would do to account for each other in a disaster. A Family Disaster Plan is critical and should be in place at all times. Your family's plan should include Emergency Contacts, identification of Rally Points, Disaster Supply Kit, and more.
With some simple planning this can be done and help alleviate the fear of the unknown.
Why Your Family Should Identify Rally Points...
Since your family is not together 24 hours a day, you need to consider how you would find each other in a disaster. Rally points (physical locations) should be identified for the most commonly frequented locations (i.e. work, school, neighbors ..). For example, if a crisis occurs at school — a location where both parents and child designate to meet should be included in your plan.
Before, During, and After a Terrorist Incident...
SOURCE: FEMA TERRORISM FACT SHEET

BEFORE Be alert and aware of your surroundings. Take precautions when traveling. Be aware of conspicuous or unusual behavior. Do not accept packages from strangers. Do not leave luggage unattended. Learn where emergency exits are located. Be ready to enact your Family Disaster Plan DURING Building Explosion - leave as quickly and calmly as possible. If items are falling from above - get under a sturdy table or desk. Fire - stay low to the floor and exit as quickly as possible. Cover nose and mouth with a wet cloth. If a door is hot to the touch, do not open it — seek an alternate escape route. Stay below the smoke at all times. AFTER If you are trapped in debris- use a flashlight. Cover your mouth with a piece of cloth. Tap on a pipe or wall so that rescuers can hear where you are. Use a whistle if available and shout as a last resort — shouting can result in inhalation of dangerous amounts of dust. Assisting victims - untrained persons should not attempt to rescue people in a collapsed building. Wait for emergency personnel to arrive. Chemical Agent - authorities will instruct you to either seek shelter and seal the premises or evacuate immediately.

Talk to your family. Discuss the potential hazards and threats. Develop your Family Disaster Plan to include rally points and have a third party as a common contact. Practice your plan.
Terrorism does not mean you have to change your life. You only need to BE PREPARED.
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What Your Community Can Do?

In a disaster our best untapped resource is you and me. You can become a part of a Community Emergency Response Team. This team is a local or neighborhood group that receives special training to enhance their ability to recognize, respond to and recover from a major emergency or disaster situation.

Florida Citizen Corps Over the past months America has witnessed a wellspring of selflessness and heroism. People in every corner of the country have asked, "What can I do?" and "How can I help?" Citizen Corps has been created to answer these questions.
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Where Can You Go For More Info?

State of Florida Links
Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
Florida Department of Community Affairs
Florida Department of Emergency Management
Florida Department of Health
Florida Department of Law Enforcement

US Government Links
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Ready America (U.S. Department of Homeland Security)
The Official Web Portal of the US Federal Government
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program Residential Shelter-in-Place
CitizenCorps.gov
Department of Education Emergency Preparedness Plans for Schools
Department of Health and Human Services Disasters and Emergencies
Disaster Help
Anti-Terror
Environmental Protection Agency Emergency Preparedness
Federal Citizen Information Center Federal Emergency Management Agency
FirstGov for Consumers
Threat Alert System Information for Citizens
USA Freedom Corps

Nonprofi Organizational Links
Federal Alliance for Safe Homes
The Ad Council
American Medical Association
American Red Cross
Disaster Relief
Neighborhood Watch

Chemical Threat

2008-02-20T11:17:00.000-08:00

A chemical attack is the deliberate release of a toxic gas, liquid or solid that can poison people and the environment.Possible Signs of Chemical Threat• Many people suffering from watery eyes, twitching, choking, having trouble breathing or losing coordination.• Many sick or dead birds, fish or small animals are also cause for suspicion.If You See Signs of Chemical Attack• Quickly try to define the impacted area or where the chemical is coming from, if possible.• Take immediate action to get away.• If the chemical is inside a building where you are, get out of the building without passing through the contaminated area, if possible.• Otherwise, it may be better to move as far away from where you suspect the chemical release is and "shelter-in-place." Read more at Staying Put.• If you are outside, quickly decide what is the fastest escape from the chemical threat. Consider if you can get out of the area, or if you should follow plans to "shelter-in-place."

If You Think You Have Been Exposed to a Chemical

If your eyes are watering, your skin is stinging, and you are having trouble breathing, you may have been exposed to a chemical.• If you think you may have been exposed to a chemical, strip immediately and wash.• Look for a hose, fountain, or any source of water, and wash with soap if possible, being sure not to scrub the chemical into your skin.• Seek emergency medical attention.

What's a Superfund Site?

2008-02-13T13:00:00.001-08:00

There are many different kinds of Superfund sites. Some Superfund sites are old factories where chemicals were dumped on the ground. Some are landfills where garbage was dumped along with other poisonous waste. Some Superfund sites are remote places where people secretly dumped hazardous waste because they did not know what to do with it. Some Superfund sites are old mines where people used to dig in the ground for things like coal, iron ore, or silver.

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA)

2008-02-13T12:57:00.000-08:00

In 1980, in response to growing public concern about the health and environmentalrisks posed by hazardous waste sites, Congress passed the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), commonly known as Superfund, to address these sites. The Superfund Program, which is administered by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in cooperation with the states and tribal governments, locates, investigates and cleans up hazardous waste sites throughout the country.The Superfund law created a Trust Fund, financed mainly by a tax on the chemical and petroleum industries, to pay for the cleanup of abandoned and uncontrolled hazardous waste sites. The Trust Fund is used primarily when the companies or people responsible for the contamination at Superfund sites cannot be found or cannot perform or pay for the cleanup work.

The law, which gave the federal government broad authority to respond directly to releases or threatened releases of hazardous substances that may endanger public health or the environment, established two kinds of responses:
Short-term "removal" actions for emergencies or when EPA determines that a site may become a threat in the near future.
Long-term "remedial" actions to permanently and significantly reduce the dangers from seriously contaminated hazardous waste sites that require extensive cleanups, but do not pose immediate threats.

Superfund sites in urban areas

2008-02-13T12:21:00.000-08:00

NPL Site Narrative for Broward County--21st Manor Dump
BROWARD COUNTY - 21ST MANOR DUMPFort Lauderdale, Florida
Federal Register Notice: July 29, 1991The Broward County School Board formerly deposited municipal wastes in a 4.5-acre open dump in a residential neighborhood of Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Florida. The area has been filled to grade, and 21st Manor runs through the middle. The school board owned the site, located on the southern portion of the Meadowbrook Elementary School property, and operated it from the 1950s to the late 1960s, when it was closed by the Broward County Health Department. The school board kept no records of the types and quantities of wastes deposited. Unauthorized parties also deposited wastes at the site.
Investigations of the site since early 1987 by the Broward County Public Health Unit, Florida Department of Environmental Regulation, and EPA found chromium, lead, and zinc on-site in monitoring wells, trichloroethylene off-site in two private wells, and 1,2-dichloroethane off-site in Well #18 of Fort Lauderdale's South Dixie Wellfield. The well has been taken out of service. An estimated 166,700 people obtain drinking water from public and private wells within 4 miles of the site, the nearest a private well within less than one-quarter mile of the site.

The Biscayne Aquifer, the sole source of drinking water in southeast Florida, is comprised primarily of permeable sand and limestone in Broward County. Ground water is shallow (9-10 feet). These conditions facilitate migration of contaminants in ground water.
In March 1989, EPA found DDE, DDD, dieldrin, toluene, lead, chromium, and zinc in surface and subsurface soils on the site. Over 400 students attend Meadowbrook Elementary School. An estimated 13,000 people live within 1 mile of the site. For more information about the hazardous substances identified in this narrative summary, including general information regarding the effects of exposure to these substances on human health, please see the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) ToxFAQs. ATSDR ToxFAQs can be found on the Internet at http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxfaq.html or by telephone at 1-888-42-ATSDR or 1-888-422-8737.

Superfund Site Information
BROWARD COUNTY--21ST MANOR DUMP
Site Information
Site Info Aliases Operable Units Contacts Actions Contaminants Site-Specific Documents

Site Name:
BROWARD COUNTY--21ST MANOR DUMP
Street:
2300 SW 46TH AVENUE
City / State / ZIP:
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL 33317

NPL Status:
Removed from Proposed NPL

EPA ID:
FLD981930506
EPA Region:
04
County:
BROWARD

Latitude:
+26.095270
Longitude:
-080.205270

Federal Facility Flag:
Not a Federal Facility
Incident Category:
Groundwater

HRS Score:
52.53

Superfund Site Progress Profile
FLORIDA PETROLEUM REPROCESSORS (EPA ID: FLD984184127)

This profile provides you with information on EPA's cleanup progress at this Superfund site. This information includes: Site Location, Cleanup Progress Summary, Cleanup Impact Summary, Contamination & Exposure, Cleanup Process & Progress, and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) Milestones. Please use the links and the "More Details…" box to find more details on this site.

More Details...

More In-Depth Site Details (EPA Regional Content) Site Contacts (EPA Cleanup Managers, etc.) Site Description Prior to Cleanup Additional Site Documents Other Names for this Site (Aliases)

Site Location

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EPA Region 4 > Serving Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee

Site Address:
3211 S.W. 50TH AVENUEFORT LAUDERDALE, Florida33314

County: BROWARD

U.S. Congressional District: 20

Population within one mile: 10,001-50,000

Cleanup Progress Summary

Construction Underway
Early Action Initiated/Completed
Physical cleanup activities have started. view detailed list of cleanup activities at this site >> The National Priorities List (NPL) is the list of the most hazardous sites, also known as Superfund sites, across the U.S. and its territories. This site is on the NPL and is known as a "Final" NPL site (see glossary). Potentially Responsible Parties (PRPs) are involved in the cleanup effort (see glossary). Superfund law requires that EPA give communities information about site progress and plans so that they can be actively involved in site cleanup decisions. Learn more about community involvement at this site >>

Cleanup Impact Summary

At each site, EPA assesses the risk to humans and the environment and determines the best approach to address the risk. During initial site studies and cleanup, EPA determines if current human exposures to contaminants are under control and takes actions to control any possible human exposures until cleanup has been completed. Once complete, cleanup provides long-term human health and environmental protection at the site.
Under current conditions at this site, potential or actual human exposures are under control.

Also at this site:
39,000 gallons of water or other liquid-based media (see glossary) have been treated, stabilized, or removed (roughly equivalent to 11 tank trucks) .

The Problem: Contamination & Exposure

Contamination

Contaminants (i.e., hazardous substances, pollutants or contaminants) can be found in several different types of materials on the site including soil and other solid-based media and water or another liquid-based medium. The contaminants listed via the links below are considered the contaminants of concern to be addressed by cleanup actions at the site. (see glossary)
Contaminated Media: Groundwater, Sediment, Soil
EPA classifies contaminants found into groups or types (listed below). To view all contaminants of concern at the site click on the view detailed list link.
Types of Contaminants: Base Neutral Acids, Metals, PAH, VOC

see glossary definition for "types of contaminants" >>

view detailed list of contaminants at this site >>
ATSDR ToxFacts information on contaminants

Exposure

At each site, EPA determines the possibility for human and ecological contact (i.e., exposure) with contaminants at the site. If the possibility for exposure to contamination exists, EPA conducts a study known as a risk assessment. During the risk assessment, EPA determines if the site poses a risk to humans, and if so, identifies actions that can be taken to control any possible exposure to humans until site cleanup has been completed. Once complete, cleanup provides long-term human health and environmental protection at the site.
Under current conditions at this site, potential or actual human exposures are under control.

Legislation: The Genetically Engineered Food Right to Know Act of 2006

2008-02-06T11:06:00.000-08:00

HR 5269Introduced May 2, 2006The Genetically Engineered Food Right to Know Act
Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) has introduced legislation to label genetically engineered foods call the Genetically Engineered Food Right to Know Act (HR 5269).

HR 2916 Summary
The Genetically Engineered Food Right To Know Act of 2006
Consumers wish to know whether the food they purchase and consume is a GE food. Concerns include the potential transfer of allergens into food and other health risks, potential environmental risks associated with the genetic engineering of crops, and religiously and ethically based dietary restrictions. Adoption and implementation of mandatory labeling requirements for GE food produced in the United States would facilitate international trade. This bill acknowledges consumers have a right to know what GE foods they are eating:
* Requires food companies to label all foods that contain GE material and requires the FDA to ensure compliance with testing. Voluntary, non-GE food labels are also permitted.
* A legal framework is established to ensure the accuracy of labeling without creating significant economic hardship on the food production system.

The True Food Shopping Guide

2008-02-06T10:49:00.000-08:00

The True Food Shopping Guide

*This guide was compiled in 2003, and some brands may have changed since then. We are in the process of updating it. Help us keep the Shopping Guide up-to-date! Email us at info@truefoodnow.org and let us know what products you've found that are not on our list.

Browse the Guide by category or start with baby food and scroll through the entire list!
* baby food * baking * bread * breakfast * cereal * chocolate * condiments * cookies * crackers * frozen dinners * dressings & salad oils * energy bars & drinks * heat and serve meals * meat & dairy alternatives * meal mixes * frozen pizza * snack foods * sodas & juice * soup * tomatoes and tomato sauce
baby food
NON-GENETICALLY ENGINEERED INGREDIENTSBeech Nut jars Macaroni and Beef Vegetable and Beef Corn & Sweet Potato Country Garden Vegetable Beech Nut("Table Time" meals) Turkey Stew Macaroni & Cheese Seashells Primavera Chicken & Stars Vegetable Stew w/Beef Spaghetti Rings Chicken Stew Earth's Best dry cereal (Hain)Whole Mixed Grain Earth's Best jars Pasta Dinner Vegetable & Beef Corn & Butternut Squash Summer Vegetable Spinach & Potatoes Potato & Green Bean Earth's Best Juniors Spring Vegetable w/Pasta Spaghetti & Cheese Vegetable Souffle Tender Chicken & Stars Vegetable Beef Pilaf Country Potato & Vegetable Chunk Orchard Fruit Earth's Best Original Teething Biscuits Wheat Free Teething Biscuits Gerber dry cereal(Novartis) Mixed Cereal for Baby Gerber jars Potato Creamed Corn Macaroni Tomato Beef Vegetable Chicken Vanilla Custard Gerber Graduates Turkey Stew with Rice Vegetable Stew with Beef Pasta Shells with Cheese Cheese Ravioli with Tomato Sauce Chicken & Broccoli with Cheese Healthy Times jars Harvest Time Vegetable Country Vegetable Veggie Stew Healthy Times teething cookies Original Teddy Puffs For Toddlers Apple Cinnamon Teddy Puffs For Toddlers Vanilla Hugga Bear Cookies Cinnamon Hugga Bear Cookies Vanilla Arrowroot Maple Arrowroot Tretzels Original Tretzels Organic Peanut Butter Heinz dry cereal Mixed Cereal Heinz jars Beef with Vegetables Chicken with Vegetables Mixed Vegetables Nature's Goodness Banana Apple Dessert Tender Harvest jars(Gerber organic) Green Beans & Potatoes Butternut Squash & Corn Squash Corn Chicken Vegetable Pilaf Infant formula Nature's One Baby's Own Toddler Formula
GENETICALLY ENGINEERED INGREDIENTS
Nabisco(Phillip Morris) Arrowroot Teething Biscuits Infant formula Carnation Infant Formulas(Nestle) AlSoy Good Start Follow-Up Follow-Up Soy Enfamil Infant Formulas(Mead Johnson) Enfamil with Iron Enfamil Low Iron Enfamil A.R. Enfamil Nutramigen Enfamil Lacto Free Enfamil 22 Enfamil Next step (soy and milk-based varieties) Enfamil Pro-Soybee Isomil Infant Formulas(Abbot Labs) Isomil Soy Isomil Soy for Diarrhea Similac(Abbot Labs) Similac Lactose Free Similac with Iron Similac Low Iron Similac Alimentum
baking
NON-GENETICALLY ENGINEERED INGREDIENTS
baking mixesBob's Red Mill Pancake and Waffle Mixes 10 Grain No Oil 10 Grain Buckwheat Buttermilk Cornmeal Buttermilk Biscuit Cornbread Muffin Date Nut Bran Muffin Oat Bran and Date Nut Muffin Oat Bran and Nuts Cookie Raisin Bran Muffin Spice Apple Bran Muffin Wheat Free Biscuit Cornmeal Coombs Vermont Gourmet Buttermilk and Maple Pancake Mix Buckwheat and Maple Pancake Mix Apple Cinnamon Pancake Mix Blueberry Pancake Mix Pamela's Pancake & Baking Mix Chocolate Brownie Mix Wanda's Nature Farm Multigrain Pancake Blue Corn Pancake/Waffle Lemon Blueberry Muffins Blue Corn Muffins Pumpkin Spice Quick Bread baking needsEndangered Species Chocolate Chips Milk Chocolate Chips Dark Chocolate Chips White Chocolate Chips Sunspire(Sunlight Foods) Sunspire Certified Organic Dark Chocolate Chips
GENETICALLY ENGINEERED INGREDIENTS
baking mixesAunt Jemima(Quaker) Complete Pancake & Waffle Mix Buttermilk Pancake & Waffle Mix Cornbread Mix Easy Mix Coffee Cake Betty Crocker(General Mills) Pie Crust Mix Original Pancake Mix Complete Pancake Mix Buttermilk Complete Pancake Mix Muffin Mixes Banana Nut Lemon Poppy Seed Blueberry Wild Blueberry Chocolate Chip Apple Streusel Quick Bread Mixes
Banana
Cinnamon Streusel
Lemon Poppy Seed
Cranberry Orange
Gingerbread
Cookie Mixes
Chocolate Chip
Double Chocolate Chunk
Sugar
Peanut Butter
Bisquik(Betty Crocker/General Mills)
Original
Reduced Fat
Shake 'n Pour Pancake Mix
Shake 'n Pour Buttermilk Pancake Mix
Shake 'n Pour Blueberry Pancake Mix Duncan Hines(Aurora Foods)
Muffin Mixes
Kellogg's All-Bran Apple Cinnamon
Kellogg's All-Bran Blueberry
Blueberry
Blueberry Crumb
Chocolate ChipHungry Jack(Pillsbury)
Buttermilk Pancake Mix
Extra Light & Fluffy Pancake Mix (all varieties) Jiffy
Corn Muffin Mix
Blueberry Muffin Mix
Raspberry Muffin Mix
Pie Crust Mix Mrs. Butterworths(Aurora Foods)
Complete Pancake Mix
Buttermilk Pancake Mix Pepperidge Farms(Campbell's)
Buttermilk Pancake Mix Pillsbury
Quick Bread & Muffin Mixes
Blueberry
Chocolate Chip
Banana
Cranberry
Lemon Poppyseed
Nut
Hot Roll Mix
Gingerbreadbaking needsBakers(Kraft/Phillip Morris)
Unsweetened Chocolate
Semi-Sweet Chocolate
German Sweet Chocolate
White Chocolate Hershey's
Semi-Sweet Baking Chips
Milk Chocolate Chips
Mini Kisses Nestle
Toll House Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
Milk Chocolate Chips
White Chocolate
Butterscotch Chips
Semi-Sweet Chocolate Baking Bars
bread
NON-GENETICALLY ENGINEERED INGREDIENTS
Alvarado Street Sprouted Barley California Style Sprouted Rye Wheat Multigrain Ultimate Kids Bagels (all varieties) French Meadow Sourdough French Country White Sprouted Whole Wheat Summer Bread Sunflower & Flax Toasted Sesame Woman's Bread 100% Rye (all varieties) Sourdough Bagels Sprouted Wheat Bagels (all varieties) Sourdough Pizza Crusts Wheat-Free Pizza Crusts Shiloh Farms Egyptian Kamut Seven Grain (original & no salt) Five Grain (original & no salt) Multi-Grain Sandwich Ten Grain Whole Wheat Zesty Wheat & Rye
GENETICALLY ENGINEERED INGREDIENTS
Holsum(Interstate Bakeries) Holsum Thin Sliced Roman Meal 12 Grain Round Top Home Pride Buttertop White Buttertop Wheat Pepperidge Farms(Campbell's) Cinnamon Swirl Light Oatmeal Light Wheat 100% Whole Wheat Hearty Slices 7 Grain 9 Grain Crunchy Oat Whole Wheat Light Side Oatmeal Wheat 7 Grain Soft Dinner Rolls Club Rolls Sandwich Buns Hoagie Rolls Thomas'(Bestfoods) English Muffins
Original
Cinnamon Raisin
Honey Wheat
Oat Bran
Blueberry
Maple French Toast
Toast-r-Cakes Blueberry
Toast-r-Cakes Corn Muffins Wonder(Interstate Bakeries)
White Sandwich Bread
Country Grain
Buttermilk
Thin Sandwich
Light Wheat
100% Stoneground Wheat
Fat Free Multigrain
Premium Potato
Beefsteak Rye
Wonder Hamburger Buns
breakfast
NON-GENETICALLY ENGINEERED INGREDIENTS
breakfast barsHain Kidz Marshmallow Crisp Bars Health Valley(Hain) Granola Bars
Blueberry
Raspberry
Apple
Raisin
Marshmallow
Breakfast Bars
Red Raspberry
Country Apple
Wild Blueberry
Lifestream Waffles
8 Grain Sesame
Buckwheat Wildberry
Mesa Sunrise
Soy Plus
FlaxPlus New England Natural Bakers
Cinnamon Raisin Cereal Bar
Organic Raspberry Cereal BarwafflesWaffle Heaven(OroWest)
Berry Fresh
Homestyle
Blueberry
Soy Start Wild Oats
Homestyle Waffles
Blueberry Waffles
Wheat Free Waffles
GENETICALLY ENGINEERED INGREDIENTS
breakfast barsKellogg's Pop Tarts (all varieties) Pop Tarts Snack Stix (all) Nutri-Grain Bars (all) Nutri-Grain Fruit Filled Squares (all) Nutri-Grain Twists (all) Fruit-Full Squares (all) Nabisco(Nabisco/Phillip Morris) Fruit & Grain Bars (all varieties) Nature Valley(General Mills) Oats & Honey Granola Bars Peanut Butter Granola Bars Cinnamon Granola Bars Pillsbury(General Mills) Toaster Scrambles & Strudels (all varieties) Quaker Chewy Granola Bars (all varieties) Fruit & Oatmeal Bars (all varieties) wafflesAunt Jemima Frozen Waffles Buttermilk Blueberry Eggo Frozen Waffles(Kellogg's) Homestyle Buttermilk Nutri-Grain Whole Wheat Nutri-Grain Multi Grain Cinnamon Toast Blueberry Strawberry Apple Cinnamon Banana Bread Hungry Jack Frozen Waffles(Pillsbury/General Mills) Homestyle Buttermilk
cereal
NON-GENETICALLY ENGINEERED INGREDIENTS
365 Brand Raisin Bran Arrowhead Mills(Hain/Celestial) Maple Buckwheat Flakes Nature O's Puffed Corn Multigrain Flakes Shredded Wheat Barbara's Bakery Shredded Oats Shredded Wheat Vanilla Almond Shredded Wheat Crispy Wheats Puffins Crunch Corn Cinnamon Puffins Breakfast O's Brown Rice Crisps Breadshop Granolas(Hain/Celestial) Almond Raisin Blueberry & Cream Raspberry & Cream Cranberry Crunch Muesli Gone Nuts w/Honey Orange Almond Down to Earth(Wild Oats) Raisin Bran Honey Nut O's Oat Bran O's Honey Frosted Flakes EnviroKidz(Nature's Path) Amazon Frosted Flakes Gorilla Munch Koala Crisp Orangutan-O's Panda Puffs Health Valley(Hain/Celestial) Cranberry Crunch Raisin Bran Flakes Fiber 7 Flakes Fiber 7 Multigrain Honey Fiber 7 Multigrain Golden Flax Oat Bran Flakes Banana Gone Nuts Lifestream (Nature's Path) Smart Bran Wildberry Muesli Multigrain Honey Puffs 8 Grain Nature's Path Corn Flakes Crispy Rice Heritage Flakes Heritage O's Heritage Muesli Honey'd Corn Flakes Honey'd Raisin Bran Hot Cereal Variety Pack Kamut Krisp Granola Millet Rice Multigrain Flakes Multigrain & Raisin Puffed (Corn, Wheat, Rice, Kamut) Cereals Shredded Oaty Bites Apple Cinnamon Granola Ginger Zing Granola Organic Soy Plus Granola New England Natural Bakers Cape Cod Cranberry Granola Crispy Maple Date Cereal Save the Rainforest Nut Granola Outrageous Raspberry Granola Peachy Kean Granola Organic Muesli (Blueberry & Cranberry) Crispy Maple Date Cereal
GENETICALLY ENGINEERED INGREDIENTS
General Mills Cheerios Wheaties Total Corn Chex Lucky Charms Trix Kix Golden Grahams Cinnamon Grahams Count Chocula Honey Nut Chex Frosted Cheerios Apple Cinnamon Cheerios Multi-Grain Cheerios Frosted Wheaties Brown Sugar & Oat Total Basic 4 Reeses Puffs French Toast Crunch Kellogg's Frosted Flakes Corn Flakes Special K Raisin Bran Rice Krispies Corn Pops Product 19 Smacks Froot Loops Marshmallow Blasted Fruit Loops Apple Jacks Crispix Smart Start All-Bran Complete Wheat Bran Complete Oat Bran Just Right Fruit & Nut Honey Crunch Corn Flakes Raisin Bran Crunch Cracklin' Oat Bran Country Inn Specialties(all varieties) Mothers Cereals(Quaker) Toasted Oat Bran Peanut Butter Bumpers Groovy Grahams Harvest Oat Flakes Harvest Oat Flakes w/Apples & Almonds Honey Round Ups Post(Kraft-Phillip Morris) Raisin Bran Bran Flakes Grape Nut Flakes Grape Nut O's Fruit & Fibre date, raisin and walnut Fruit & Fibre peach, raisin and almond Honey Bunch of Oats Honey Nut Shredded Wheat Honey Comb Golden Crisp Waffle Crisp Cocoa Pebbles Cinna-Crunch Pebbles Fruity Pebbles Alpha-Bits Post Selects Cranberry Almond Post Selects Banana Nut Crunch Post Selects Blueberry Morning Post Selects Great Grains Quaker Life Cinnamon Life 100% Natural Granola Toasted Oatmeal Toasted Oatmeal Honey Nut Oat Bran Cap'n Crunch Cap'n Crunch Peanut Butter Crunch Cap'n Crunch Crunchling Berries
chocolate
NON-GENETICALLY ENGINEERED INGREDIENTS
candyEndangered Species Chocolates Dolphin Bar Black Rhino Bar Manatee Bar Harp Seal Bar Gorilla Bar Ancient Forest Bar Yellowstone Wolf Bar Orca Bar Tiger Bar Falcon Bar Salmon Bar Polar Bar Elephant Bar Grizzly Bar Brown Pelican Bar Chimpanzee Bar Milk Chocolate Bug Bites Dark Chocolate Bug Bites Whole Foods Dark Chocolate Milk Chocolate Milk Chocolate w/Hazelnuts Dark Chocolate w/Roasted Almonds Hazelnut Crme Espresso Creme drink mixes and dessert toppingsAh!laska(Cool Fruits) Cocoa Chocolatey Chocolate Mix Non-Dairy Chocolate Mix Ah!some Chocolate Syrup Country Choice Naturals Royal Chocolate Chocolate Cinnamon Spice Irish Chocolate Mint Chocolate Orange Cream Ovaltine(Novartis) Ovaltine malt Ovaltine Chocolate Ovaltine Rich Chocolate Whole Foods Dark Chocolate Sauce Creamy Caramel Sauce Whole Kids(Whole Foods) Hot Chocolate Mix
GENETICALLY ENGINEERED INGREDIENTS
candyCadbury(Cadbury/Hershey's) Mounds Almond Joy York Peppermint Patty Dairy Milk Roast Almond Fruit & Nut Hershey's Kit-Kat Reese's Peanut Butter Cups Mr. Goodbar Special Dark Milk Chocolate Kisses Symphony Kraft(Kraft/Phillip Morris) Toblerone(all varieties) Mars M&M (all varieties) Snickers Three Musketeers Milky Way Twix Nestle Crunch Milk Chocolate Chunky Butterfinger 100 Grand drink mixes and dessert toppingsCarnation(Nestle) Hot Cocoa Mixes: Rich Chocolate Double Chocolate Milk Chocolate Marshmallow Madness Mini Marshmallow No Sugar Hershey's Chocolate Syrup Special Dark Chocolate Syrup Strawberry Syrup Nestle Nesquik Strawberry Nesquik Swiss Miss(ConAgra) Hot Cocoa Mixes: Chocolate Sensation Milk Chocolate Marshmallow Lovers Marshmallow Lovers Fat Free No Sugar Added
condiments
NON-GENETICALLY ENGINEERED INGREDIENTS
Annie's Naturals Barbecue Sauce Smoky Maple Barbecue Sauce California Seasonings(Golden West Specialty Foods)BBQ Sauce Cocktail Sauce Tartar SauceConsorzio Marinades(Napa Valley Kitchens) California Teriyaki Southwestern Tropical Grill Roasted Garlic Balsamic Baja Lime Lemon Pepper Drew's All Natural Steak Sauce "After Grill" Caribbean Grill Sauce Chipotle Grill Sauce Asian Grill Sauce Asian Marinade & Dipping Sauce Hain(Hain/Celestial) Canola Mayonnaise Eggless Mayonnaise Jo-B's(Drew's All Natural) Gordasala Caribbean Habanero Chilipaya Island Rojo Sauce Fire Mud Hot Bean Paste Chiliuna Dipping Sauce Diablo Asado Smokin' Grill Muir Glen Tomato Ketchup Grill Chef Barbecue Sauces(all varieties) Spectrum Canola Mayonnaise Lite Canola Mayonnaise Westbrae Naturals(Hain/Celestial) Ketchup Unsweetened Ketchup Whole Foods Organic Smokey Red Ketchup Canola Mayonnaise Steak Sauce Organic Hot sauce Organic Peanut Sauce Wild Oats Ketchup Korean Barbecue Sauce salsaDown to Earth (Wild Oats) Salsa (mild, medium & hot) Green Mountain Gringo Salsa (mild, medium & hot) Roasted Garlic Salsa Heirazor(Golden West Foods)Mild Salsa Tomatillo Salsa Caribe Salsa Jalapeno/Serrano Salsa Habanero Pepper Salsa Muir Glen Salsa Medium Mild Habanero Hot Black Bean & Corn Garlic Cilantro Roasted Tomato Chipotle Seeds of Change Salsa Tomato & Onion Traditional Picante Garlic & Cilantro Black Bean & Tomato Senior Fields(Whole Foods) Red Salsa(mild, medium & hot) Whole Foods Salsa(Mild, Medium, Hot) Salsa Verde Corn Salsa Black Bean Dip Fire Roasted Salsa Wild Oats Salsa Mild, medium, chipotle
GENETICALLY ENGINEERED INGREDIENTS
Del Monte(Nabisco/Phillip Morris) Ketchup Heinz Ketchup(regular & no salt) Chili Sauce Cocktail Sauce Heinz 57 Steak Sauce Hellman's(Bestfoods) Real Mayonnaise Light Mayonnaise Low-Fat Mayonnaise Hunt's(ConAgra) Ketchup(regular & no salt) KC Masterpiece(Clorox) Original BBQ sauce Garlic & Herb Marinade Honey Teriyaki Marinade Kraft(Kraft/Phillip Morris) Miracle Whip(all varieties) Kraft Mayonnaise(all) Thick & Spicy BBQ sauces(all varieties) Char Grill BBQ sauce Honey Hickory BBQ sauce Nabisco(Nabiso/Phillip Morris) A-1 Steak Sauce Open Pit(Vlasic/Campbells) BBQ sauces(all) salsaChi-Chi's(Hormel) Fiesta Salsa(all varieties) Old El Paso(Pillsbury) Thick & Chunky Salsa Garden Pepper Salsa Taco Sauce Picante Sauce Ortega(Nestle) Taco Sauce Salsa Prima Homestyle Salsa Prima Roasted Garlic Salsa Prima 3 Bell Pepper Thick & Chunky Salsa Pace(Campbells) Chunky Salsa Picante Sauce Tostitos Salsa(Frito-Lay/Pepsi) All Natural All Natural Thick & Chunky Roasted Garlic Restaurant Style
cookies
NON-GENETICALLY ENGINEERED INGREDIENTS
Golden West Specialty FoodsBabar Cookies Babar Animal CookiesBarbara's Bakery Vanilla Snackimals Crispy Shortbread Country Choice Naturals Double Fudge Brownie Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Chocolate Chip Walnut Rocky Road Peanut Butter Oatmeal Raisin Ginger Lemon Down to Earth(Wild Oats) Cinnamon Graham Twists Chocolate Graham Twists Ener-G Foods Biscotti Ginger Vanilla Almond Butter Crunchy Peanut Butter Coconut Macaroons Macaroon Almond French Almond Hain(Hain/Celestial) Honey Grahams Vanilla Grahams Chocolate Animal Grahams Peanut Butter Animal Grahams Hain Kidz(Hain/Celestial) Animal Crackers Chocolate Animal Crackers Health Valley(Hain/Celestial) Oatmeal Raisin Graham Amaranth Graham Oat Rice Bran Pamela's Peanut Butter Ginger Pecan Shortbread Butter Short Bread Lemon Shortbread Shortbread Swirl Oatmeal Raisin Walnut Oatmeal Date Current Almond Anise Lemon Almond Biscotti Chocolate Walnut Biscotti Carob Hazelnut Wanda's Nature Farm Apple Pie Spice Cranberry Orange Oat Kids Club Gingerbread Vanilla Almond Biscotti Lemon Poppyseed Biscotti Cinnamon Hazelnut Biscotti Cocoa Mocha Almond Biscotti Whole Foods Butter Cookies Real Ginger Oatmeal Currant Almond Biscotti
GENETICALLY ENGINEERED INGREDIENTS
Delicious Brands(Parmalat) Animal Crackers Ginger Snaps Fig Bars Oatmeal Sugar-Free Duplex Honey Grahams Cinnamon Grahams Fat Free Vanilla Wafers English Toffee Heath Cookies Butterfinger Cookies Skippy Peanut Butter Cookies Famous Amos(Keebler/Flowers Industries) Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Raisin Chocolate Sandwich Peanut Butter Sandwich Vanilla Sandwich Oatmeal Macaroon Sandwich Frookies(Delicious Brands/Parmalat) Peanut Butter Chunk Chocolate Chip Double Chocolate Frookwich Vanilla Frookwich Chocolate Frookwich Peanut Butter Frookwich Lemon Funky Monkeys Chocolate Ginger Snaps Lemon Wafers Keebler(Keebler/Flowers Industries) Chips Deluxe Sandies E.L. Fudge Soft Batch Chocolate Chip Golden Vanilla Wafers Droxies Vienna Fingers Fudge Shoppe Fudge Stripes Fudge Shoppe Double Fudge & Caramel Fudge Shoppe Fudge Stix Fudge Shoppe Peanut Butter Fudge Stix Country Style Oatmeal Graham Originals Graham Cinnamon Crisp Graham Chocolate Graham Honey Low Fat Crme Filled Wafers Chocolate Filled Wafers Nabisco (Nabisco/Phillip Morris) Oreo(all varieties) Chips Ahoy!(all varieties) Fig Newtons(and all Newtons varities) Lorna Doone Nutter Butters Barnum Animal Crackers Nilla Wafers Nilla Chocolate Wafers Pecanz Shortbread Family Favorites Oatmeal Famous Wafers Fudge Covered Mystic Sticks Honey Maid Graham Crackers Honey Maid Cinnamon Grahams Honey Maid Chocolate Grahams Honey Maid Oatmeal Crunch Teddy Grahams Teddy Grahams Cinnamon Teddy Grahams Chocolate Teddy Grahams Chocolate Chips CafŽ Cremes Vanilla CafŽ Crme Cappuccino Pepperidge Farm(Campbell's) Milano Mint Milano Chessmen Bordeaux Brussels Geneva Chocolate Chip Lemon Nut Shortbread Sugar Ginger Men Raspberry Chantilly Strawberry Verona Chocolate Mocha Salzburg Chocolate Chunk Chesapeake Chocolate Chunk Nantucket Chocolate Chunk Sausalito Oatmeal Raisin Soft Baked Sesame Street(Keebler) Cookie Monster Chocolate Chip Chocolate Sandwich Vanilla Sandwich Cookie Pals Honey Grahams Cinnamon Grahams Frosted Grahams Snack Wells(Nabisco/Phillip Morris) Devil's Food Golden Devil's Food Mint Crme Coconut Crme Chocolate Sandwich Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Chip Double Chocolate Chip
crackers
NON-GENETICALLY ENGINEERED INGREDIENTS
Appeteasers(Adrienne's) Cheddar Double Cheddar Garlic and Herb Barbara's Bakery Wheatines Sesame Wheatines Cracked Pepper Wheatines Salted Top Wheatines Courtneys(Adrienne's) Classic Flavour Savoury Herbs Cracked Pepper Sun-Dried Tomato Darcia's Crostini(Adrienne's) Original Rosemary Onion Fennel Ener-G Foods Hol-Grain Snack Thins Hol-Grain Onion & Garlic Melba Toast Hain Wheatettes Rich Crackers Sesame Wheat Lavosh-Hawaii(Adrienne's) Classic Island Crackers Caraway Rye Crackers Slightly Onion Crackers Peppercorn Crackers Rosemary & Garlic Crackers Ten-Grain Crackers Mini-Bite Snack Crackers Wasa(Novartis) Whole Wheat with Oats & Fruit Cinnamon Toast Whole Foods Water Crackers Cracked Pepper Water Crackers Woven Wheats Wild Oats Stone Ground Wheat Wheat Weavers Water Crackers Wheat Wheavers Veggie Herb Stone Ground Wheat
GENETICALLY ENGINEERED INGREDIENTS
Keebler(Keebler/Flowers Industries) Town House Club Munch 'Ems(all varieties) Wheatables Zesta Saltines Toasteds(Wheat, Onion, Sesame & Butter Crisps) Snax Stix(Wheat, Cheddar & original) Harvest Bakery(Multigrain, Butter, Corn Bread) Nabisco(Nabisco/Phillip Morris) Ritz(all varieties) Wheat Thins(all) Wheatsworth Triscuits Waverly Sociables Better Cheddars Premium Saltines(all) Ritz Snack Mix(all) Vegetable Flavor Crisps Swiss Cheese Flavor Crisps Cheese Nips(all) Uneeda Biscuits Pepperidge Farm(Campbell's) Butter Thins Hearty Wheat Cracker Trio Cracker Quartet Three Cheese Snack Stix Sesame Snack Stix Pumpernickel Snack Stix Goldfish(original, cheddar, parmesan, pizza, pretzel) Goldfish Snack Mix(all) Red Oval Farms(Nabisco/Phillip Morris) Stoned Wheat Thins(all varieties) Crisp 'N Light Sourdough Rye Crisp 'N Light Wheat Sunshine(Flowers Industries) Cheeze-It(original & reduced fat) Cheeze-It White Cheddar Cheeze-It Party Mix Krispy Original Saltines
frozen dinners
NON-GENETICALLY ENGINEERED INGREDIENTS
365 Brand(Whole Foods) French Fries Tater Tots Burritos
Bean & Cheese
Bean & Rice
Black Bean Vegetable
Breakfast
Pocket Sandwiches
Broccoli & Cheese
Cheese Pizza
Mediterranean Vegetable
Roasted Vegetable
Veggie Pizza
Spinach Feta
Tamale
Vegetarian Pizza
Pot Pies
Broccoli
Country Vegetable
Mexican Tamale
Shephard's Pie
Entrees
Black Bean Enchilada
Cheese Enchilada
Cheese Lasagna
Macaroni & Cheese
Pasta Primavera
Ravioli with Sauce
Tofu Vegetable Lasagna
Vegetable Lasagna
Meals
Bean Enchilada Meal
Cannelloni Meal
Cheese Enchilada Meal
Country Dinner
Veggie Loaf Meal
Skillet Meals
Country Cheddar
Pasta & Vegetables Alfredo
Teriyaki Stir Fry
Asian Meals
Asian Noodle
Thai Stir Fry
Cascadian Farms(Small Planet/General Mills)
Organic Entrees
Three Cheese Pasta with sweet red peppers
Spaghetti Marinara with Roasted Vegetables
Fettuccine Alfredo
Fiesta Vegetarian Enchiladas
Spinach Lasagne
Meals For A Small Planet¨
Aztec
Cajun
Indian
Mediterranean
Moroccan
Oriental
Veggie Bowlsú
Caribbean Veggies & Rice
Garden Calzone
Japanese Noodles & Vegetables
Madras Curry
New England Corn Chowder
Cascade Veggies au Gratin
Fiesta Casserole
Pasta Marinara
Pasta Primavera
Szechuan Rice
Teriyaki Rice
Veggie Quickstartsú
South Indian Curry
Southwest Skillet
Teriyaki Veggies & Rice
Thai Veggies & Rice
French Fries
Spud Puppies
Roasted Red Potatoes Whole Foods Ravioli
Quattro Cheese
Porcini Mushroom
Roasted Vegetable
Spinachi Spinach
Basilico Pesto
Roasted Red Pepper
Feta Mediterranean
Wild Oats
Oven Fries
Potato Poppers
GENETICALLY ENGINEERED INGREDIENTS
Banquet(ConAgra) Pot Pies(all varieties) Fried Chicken Salisbury Steak Chicken Nugget Meal Pepperoni Pizza Meal Budget Gourmet(Heinz) Roast Beef Supreme Beef Stroganoff Three Cheese Lasagne Chicken Oriental & Vegeatble Fettuccini Primavera Green Giant(Pillsbury)
· Rice Pilaf with Chicken Flavored Sauce
· Rice Medley with Beef Flavored Sauce
· Primavera Pasta
· Pasta Accents Creamy Cheddar Create-a-Meals
Parmesan Herb Chicken
Cheesy Pasta and Vegetable
Beef Noodle
Sweet & Sour
Mushroom Wine Chicken
Healthy Choice(ConAgra)
Stuffed Pasta Shells
Chicken Parmagiana
Country Breaded Chicken
Roast Chicken Breast
Beef Pot Roast
Chicken & Corn Bread
Cheese & Chicken Tortellini
Lemon Pepper Fish
Shrimp & Vegetable
Macaroni & Cheese Kid Cuisine(ConAgra)
Chicken Nugget Meal
Fried Chicken
Taco Roll Up
Corn Dog
Cheese Pizza
Fish Stix
Macaroni & Cheese Lean Cuisine(Stouffer's/Nestle) Skillet Sensations
Chicken & Vegetable
Broccoli & Beef
Homestyle Beef
Teriyaki Chicken
Chicken Alfredo
Garlic Chicken
Roast Turkey
Hearty Portions
Chicken Florentine
Beef Stroganoff
Cheese & Spinach Manicotti
Salisbury Steak
CafŽ Classics
Baked Fish
Baked Chicken
Chicken a L'Orange
Chicken Parmesan
Meatloaf with Whipped Potatoes
Everyday Favorites
Chicken Fettuccini
Chicken Pie
Angel Hair Pasta
Three Bean Chili with Rice
Macaroni & Cheese
Marie Callenders(ConAgra)
Chicken Pot Pie
Lasagna & Meat Sauce
Turkey & Gravy
Meat Loaf & Gravy
Country Fried Chicken & Gravy
Fettuccini with Broccoli & Cheddar
Roast Beef with Mashed Potatoes
Country Fried Pork Chop with Gravy
Chicken Cordon Bleu Ore-Ida Frozen Potatoes(Heinz)
Fast Fries
Steak fries
Zesties
Shoestrings
Hash Browns
Tater Tots
Potato Wedges
Crispy Crunchies Rosetto Frozen Pasta(Heinz)
Cheese Ravioli
Beef Ravioli
Italian Sausage Ravioli
Eight Cheese Stuffed Shells
Eight Cheese Broccoli Stuffed Shells Stouffer's(Nestle) Family Style Favorites
Macaroni & Cheese
Stuffed Peppers
Broccoli au Gratin
Meat Loaf in Gravy
Green Bean & Mushroom Casserole
Homestyle
Meatloaf
Salisbury Steak
Chicken Breast in Gravy
Hearty Portions
Salisbury Steak
Chicken Fettucini
Meatloaf with Mashed Potatoes
Chicken Pot Pie
Swanson(Vlasic/Campbells)
Meat Loaf
Fish & Chips
Salisbury Steak
Chicken Nuggets
Hungry Man
Fried Chicken
Roast Chicken
Fisherman's Platter
Pork Rib
Voila!(Bird's Eye/Agri-Link Foods)
Chicken Voila! Alfredo
Chicken Voila! Garlic
Chicken Voila! Pesto
Chicken Voila! Three Cheese
Steak Voila! Beef Sirloin
Shrimp Voila! Garlic
Weight Watchers(Heinz) Smart Ones
Fiesta Chicken
Basil Chicken
Ravioli Florentine
Fajita Chicken
Roasted Vegetable Primavera

dressings/salad oils
NON-GENETICALLY ENGINEERED INGREDIENTS
oils365 Brand(Whole Foods)
· Canola Oil Down to Earth(Wild Oats)
· Canola Oil
· Canola Oil Spray Spectrum Naturals
· Canola
· Organic Shortening
· Semi-Refined Soy Oil
· Super Canola
· Super Canola Spray salad dressingsAnnie's Naturals Dressings
· Thousand Island
· French
· Tuscany Italian
· Green Goddess
· Balsamic
· Roasted Red Pepper
· Caesar
· Green Garlic
· Cowgirl Ranch
· Low Fat Gingerly
· Low Fat Raspberry
· Shiitake & Sesame
· Organic Sesame Ginger
· Low Fat Honey Mustard
· No Fat Organic Yogurt with Dill
· Smokey Tomato & Porcini
· Cilantro & Lime
· Sesame Peanut Tofu
· Garlic Parmesan Tofu Down to Earth(Wild Oats)
· Caesar
· Thousand Island
· Sun-Dried Tomato Drew's All Natural
· Rosemary Balsamic
· Soy Ginger
· Kalamata Olive & Capers
· Lemon Tahini
· Rosemary Balsamic
· Shiitake Ginger
· Roasted Garlic & Peppercorn
· Smoked Tomato
· Asian Peanut
· Sesame Lime
· Sesame Orange
· Mild Chipotle Nasoya(VitaSoy)
· Thousand Island
· Creamy Italian
· Creamy Dill
· Garden Herb
· Sesame Garlic Whole Foods Dressings
· Caesar
· Italian Vinaigrette
· Roasted Garlic Vinaigrette
· Orange Ginger Vinaigrette
· Balsamic Vinaigrette
· Lemon Tahini,
· Honey Mustard
energy bars and drinks
NON-GENETICALLY ENGINEERED INGREDIENTS
energy bars365 Brand(Whole Foods) Verve Bars
Apple Strawberry
Peanut Butter Crunch
Chocolate Chip Peanut Crunch
Everyday Bars
Honey Peanut
Chocolate Raspberry
Chocolate Fudge
Balance Bar
Outdoor Bars
Crunchy Peanut
Nut Berry
Chocolate Crisp
Honey Almond Clif Bars
Apricot
Chocolate Brownie
Chocolate Chip Peanut Crunch
Chocolate Chip
Crunchy Peanut Butter
Chocolate Almond Fudge
Cranberry Apple Cherry
Carrot Cake
Cookies 'n Cream Luna Bars(Clif Bar)
Nutz Over Chocolate
Chocolate Pecan Pie
Toasted Nuts & Cranberries
Sesame Raisin Crunch
Tropical Crisp
Lemon Zest
Chai Tea Mary Janes Farm
Almond Cashew Energy Bar
Macadamia Nut Energy Bar
Peanut Energy Bar
Pumpkin Seed Energy Bardrink mixesGeniSoy
Protein Shake Mix
Vanilla
Chocolate
Spirutein(Nature's Plus)
Protein Shake Mix
Simply Natural
Vanilla
Chocolate
Strawberry
Banana
Nutty Berry Burst
Peaches 'n Cream
Tropical Fruit
Cappuccino
Fruitein Protein Shakes
Carrot-Tein Protein Shakes
Oxy Nectar Protein Shakes Whole Foods
Soy Protein Shake Mix
GENETICALLY ENGINEERED INGREDIENTS
energy barsPower Bar(Nestle)
· Oatmeal Raisin
· Apple Cinnamon
· Peanut Butter
· Vanilla Crisp
· Chocolate Peanut Butter
· Mocha
· Banana
· Wild Berry Harvest Bars
Apple Crisp
Blueberry
Chocolate Fudge Brownie
Strawberry
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip
drink mixesCarnation Instant Breakfast Mix(Nestle)
Creamy Milk Chocolate
Classic Chocolate
French Vanilla
Strawberry
CafŽ Mocha
heat and serve meals
NON-GENETICALLY ENGINEERED INGREDIENTS
Amy's Kitchen Chili(Medium & Spicy) Chili with Vegetables Annie's Naturals P'Sghetti with Tomato Sauce All-Star Pasta with Tomato Sauce Bernie O's Pasta with Tomato sauce Bearitos Chili Black Bean Chili Spicy Chili Baked Beans Ginny's Vegan Foods Savory Soy Chili Classic Ratatouille Roasted Red Pepper Chili Mexican Fiesta Stew Grandma Millina's Kids Meals Pasta Rings in 3 Cheese Sauce Vegetarian Franks & Beans Health Valley(Hain/Celestial) Chili Fajita Turkey Chili & Beans 3 Bean Chili Yves Veggie Cuisine Veggie Chili Veggie Country Stew Veggie Macaroni Veggie Penne
GENETICALLY ENGINEERED INGREDIENTS
Chef Boyardee(ConAgra) Beefaroni Macaroni & Cheese Mini Ravioli ABC's & 123's Dinty Moore(Hormel) Beef Stew Turkey Stew Chicken & Dumplings Hormel Chili with Beans Chili No Beans Vegetarian Chili with Beans Kids' Kitchen(Hormel) Spaghetti Rings with Meatballs Macaroni & Cheese Pizza Wedges with 3 Cheese Franco-American(Campbell's) Spaghetti O's Mini Ravioli Power Rangers Pasta in Sauce
meat and dairy alternatives
NON-GENETICALLY ENGINEERED INGREDIENTS
meat alternatives365 Brand(Whole Foods) Original Meat Free Burger Vegan Meat Free Burger Garlic Meat Free Burger Amy's Kitchen All American Veggie Burger California Veggie Burger Chicago Veggie Burger Texas Veggie Burger Azumaya (Vitasoy) Tofu (extra firm, firm & silken) Baked Tofu (all flavors) Gardenburger Garden Vegan Classic Greek Hearty & Natural(SunRich) Veggies & Grain Burgers Wild Mushroom Burgers Mexican Red Bean Burgers Veggie Burger Patties Ground Veggie Burger Veggie Chik-N Lightlife(ConAgra) Lightburger Veggie Burger Tamari Grilles Tempeh Burgers Lemon Grilles Tempeh Burgers Barbecue Grilles Tempeh Burgers Tempeh(all varieties) Smart Deli Slices Lean Links Gimme Lean Sausage Gimme Lean Beef Seitan(all varieties) Tofu Pups Smart Dogs MidWest Harvest Tofu Textured Soy Protein Mori-Nu Silken Tofu(all varieties) Lite Tofu(all varieties) Now & Zen Savory Selections UnRibs Savory Selections UnChicken Savory Selections UnSteak-Out UnTurkey Turtle Island Tofurky Tofurky Deli Slices Superburgers Smoked Superburgers TexMex Superburgers Soy Tempeh Five Grain Tempeh Wild Rice Rhapsody Tempeh Low Fat Millet Tempeh Indonesian Style Tempeh VitaSoy Baked Tofu(all varities) Tofu(all varieties) White Wave Tofu(all varieties) Baked Tofu
Italian
Mexican
Oriental
Thai
Snack'n Savory
Tempeh
Five Grain
Sea Veggie
Soy
Soy Rice
Wild Rice
Wildwood
Original Veggie Burgers
Mexican Veggie Burgers
Wild West Veggie Burgers Yves Veggie Cuisine
Veggie Burger Burgers
Garden Vegetable Patties
Black Bean & Mushroom Burgers
Veggie Wieners
Veggie Chili Dogs
Jumbo Veggie Dogs
Hot & Spicy Jumbo Veggie Dogs
Tofu Wieners
Veggie Breakfast Links dairy alternativesEdenSoy(Eden Natural Foods)
Original
Vanilla
Chocolate
Carob
Rice & Soy Blend Power Dream Energy Drink(Imagine Foods)
Chai
Chocolate
Coffee
Raspberry
Vanilla Soy Dream(Imagine Foods)
Original
Vanilla
Chocolate
Carob
Refrigerated Original VitaSoy Soymilk
Refrigerated Creamy Original Soymilk
Refrigerated Rich Chocolate
Creamy Original
Vanilla Delite
Rich Cocoa
Carob Supreme
Creamy Unsweetened White Wave
Silk Soy Milk(plain, vanilla, chocolate)
Silk Yogurt(all varieties) Wild Oats
Nice Rice(Plain & Vanilla)
Soy Joy(Plain & Vanilla) Wildwood
Plain
Honey Vanilla
Chocolate Zen Don Soy Milk
Vanilla
Chocolate
Cappuccino
Plain
GENETICALLY ENGINEERED INGREDIENTS
meat alternativesLoma Linda(Worthington/Kellogg's*) Meatless Chik Nuggest Morningstar(Worthington/Kellogg's*) Harvest Burger Better 'n Burgers Garden Veggie Patties Grillers Burgers Black Bean Burger Chicken Patties Natural Touch(Worthington/Kellogg's*) Garden Vegetable Pattie Black Bean Burger Okra Pattie Lentil Rice Loaf Nine Bean Loaf Worthington(Worthington/Kellogg's*) Vegetarian Burger Savory Slices dairy alternativesNutra Blend Soy Beverage(Bestfoods) Original Vanilla Apple Orange *A company letter states that they are in the process of converting to non-genetically modified "proteins" in all products.
meal mixes and sauce packets
NON-GENETICALLY ENGINEERED INGREDIENTS
365 Brand(Whole Foods) Macaroni & Cheese Alfredo Macaroni & Cheese Annie's Homegrown Macaroni & Cheese Mixes
Original
Family-Size Original
Alfredo
Mild Mexican
Pizza Pasta
Mild Cheddar
Bunny-Shape
Peace Pasta
Organic Whole Wheat
Organic Shells &
Organic White Cheddar
Organic Alfredo
Pasta Meals
Cheddar & Broccoli
Tomato & Basil
Roasted Garlic & Parmesan
Alfredo
Four Cheese
Fantastic Foods
Hummus
Pesto Hummus
Chicken Flavor Rice Pilaf
Couscous
Whole Wheat Couscous
Falafel
Tabouli
Four Grain Rice Pilaf
Spanish Rice Pilaf
Rice & Beans
Vegetarian Chili
Classic Risotto
Mushroom Risotto
Nature's Burger Frontier Co-op
Vegetable Stew Mix
Cream of Mushroom Soup Mix
Onion Soup Mix
Vegetable Soup Mix
Tomato Soup Mix
Chicken Gravy Mix
Beef Gravy Mix
Mushroom Gravy Mix
Sausage Flavored Gravy MixCasbah(Hain/Celestial)
Gyros Mix
Wheat Pilaf Mary Janes Farm
Mushroom Couscous
Curried Lentils & Couscous
Vegetable Couscous
Ren & Black Bean Couscous Pasta Meals:
Instant Buttery Herb Pasta
Chili Macaroni & Cheese
Instant Mexican Pasta
Instant Red Pesto Pasta Instant Soup Mix:
Black Bean Soup
Campfire chili
Lentil Soup
Tomato Soup
Potato SoupSeeds of Change
Tuscan Rice & Beans
7-Grain Pilaf
Moroccan Lentil Pialf
French Herb Blend
Zesty Cilantro Blend Lundberg Family Farm
Garlic Pesto Brown Rice
Spanish Fiesta Brown Rice
Vegetarian Chicken
One Step
Curry, Rice & Lentils
Basil, Rice & Lentils
Chili, Rice & Lentils
Risotto
Tomato Basil
Italian Herb
Garlic Primavera
Creamy Parmesan
Tamarind Tree(Annie's Homegrown)
Alu Chole
Channa Dal Masala
Dhingri Mutter
Navratan Korma
Palak Paneer
Saag Chole
Vegetable Jalfrazi Whole Kids(Whole Foods)
Macaroni & Cheese
GENETICALLY ENGINEERED INGREDIENTS
Betty Crocker(General Mills)
· Garden Vegetable Pilaf
· Creamy Herb Risotto
· Garlic Alfredo Fettuccini Bowl Appetit
Cheddar Broccoli
Macaroni & Cheese
Pasta Alfredo
Knorr(Bestfoods)
Mushroom Risotto Italian Rice
Broccoli au Gratin Risotto
Vegetable Primavera Risotto
Risotto Milanese
Original Pilf
Chicken Pilaf
Rotini with 4 Cheese
Bow Tie Pasta with Chicken & Vegetable
Penne with Sun-Dried Tomato
Fettuccini with Alfredo
Classic Sauce Packets
Hollandaise
BŽarnaise
White
Brown
Lemon Herb
Mushroom Brown
Onion
Roasted Chicken
Roasted Pork
Roasted Turkey
Pasta Sauce Packets
Alfredo
Four Cheese
Carbonara
Pesto
Garlic Herb
Lipton(Unilever)
Rice & Sauce Packets
Chicken Broccoli
Cheddar Broccoli
Beef Flavor
Spanish
Chicken Flavor
Creamy Chicken
Mushroom
Sizzle & Stir Skillet Supers
Lemon Garlic Chicken & Rice
Spanish Chicken & Rice
Herb Chicken & Bowties
Cheddar Chicken & Shells
Near East(Quaker)
Spicy Tomato Pasta Mix
Roasted Garlic & Olive Oil Pasta Mix
Falafel Mix
Lentil Pilaf
Couscous
Tomato Lentil
Parmesan
Toasted Pinenut
Herb Chicken
Broccoli & Cheese
Curry Pasta Roni(Quaker)
Fettuccini Alfredo
Garlic Alfredo
Angel Hair Pasta with Herbs
Angel Hair Pasta with Parmesan Cheese
Angel Hair Pasta with Tomato Parmesan
Angel Hair Pasta Primavera
Garlic & Olive Oil with Vermicelli Rice-a-Roni(Quaker)
Rice Pilaf
Beef
Chicken
Fried Rice
Chicken & Broccoli
Long Grain & Wild Rice
Broccoli au Gratin Uncle Ben's(Mars)
Long Grain & Wild Rice(Original & with Garlic)
Brown & Wild Rice Mushroom
Country Inn Mexican Fiesta
Country Inn Oriental Fried Rice
Country Inn Chicken & Vegetable
Country Inn Chicken & Broccoli
Natural Select Chicken & Herb
Natural Select Tomato & Basil
Chef's Recipe Chicken & Vegetable Pilaf
Chef's Recipe Beans & Rice
Chef's Recipe Broccoli Rice
frozen pizza
NON-GENETICALLY ENGINEERED INGREDIENTS
A.C. LaRocco Garden Vegetarian Pizza Greek Sesame Pizza Cheese & Garlic Pizza Tomato Feta Pizza American Flatbread Cheese & Herb Sun-Dried Tomato & Mushroom Revolution Flatbread Amy's Kitchen Cheese Mushroom & Olive Pesto with Tomato Broccoli Roasted Vegetable Spinach Veggie Combo Soy Cheese Nature's Hilights Italian Cheese Cheese & Vegetarian Bean Soy Cheese & Vegetarian Bean Soy Cheese Wild Oats Four Cheese Roasted Veggie Roasted Veggie with Pesto
GENETICALLY ENGINEERED INGREDIENTS
Celeste(Aurora Foods) Supreme Pepperoni Vegetable Four Cheese Deluxe Cheese Tombstone(Kraft/Phillip Morris) Pepperoni Supreme Sausage & Pepperoni Extra Cheese Stuffed Crust Three Cheese Totino's(Pillsbury) Crisp Crust Pepperoni Combination
snack foods
NON-GENETICALLY ENGINEERED INGREDIENTS
365 Brand(Whole Foods) Veggie Chips Cheddar Puffs Cheese Curls Pretzel Sticks Pretzel Twists Boulder Potato Company Potato Chips(all varieties) Cape Cod Potato Chips(all varieties) Ener-G Foods Cheecha Crackles Cheecha Salt & Vinegar Soy Nuts Potato Chips Garden of Eatin'(Hain/Celestial) Corn Chips Sesame Blues Black Bean Black Bean Chili Little Soy Blues Red Hot Blues Garden Grains Red Corn
Hain(Hain/Celestial)
Mini Rice Cakes
Ranch
Honey Nut
Aple Cinnamon
Popped Corn Mini Cakes
Original
Caramel
Butter
Mild Cheddar
Kettle Chips
Tortilla Chips
Yellow Corn
5 Grain Yellow
Sesame with Caraway
Sesame Blue Moons
Blue Corn
Little Dippers
Brown Rice & Bean
Potato Chips
Original
Lightly Salted
Mesquite Barbecue
Honey Barbecue
Krinkle Cut
Sea Salt & Vinegar
NY Cheddar & Herb
Yogurt & Green Onion
Salt & Pepper
Organic
Little Bear/Bearitos(Hain/Celestial)
White Tortilla Chips
Blue Tortilla Chips
Yellow Tortilla Chips
Reduced Fat Tortilla Chips
Cheese Crunchies
Lite Cheddar Puffs
Baked Cheddar Puffs
Buttery Popcorn
White Cheddar Popcorn
50% Less Oil Popcorn
No Salt/No Oil Popcorn
Microwave Popcorn Lundberg Family Farms
Apple Cinnamon Rice Cakes
Multigrain Rice Cakes
Popcorn with Rice Cakes Newman's Own Organics
Salt & Pepper Thin Pretzels
Salted Pretzel Nuggets
Pretzel Rods
Salted Round Pretzels
Unsalted Rounds
Pretzel Sticks
Tortilla Chips
Yellow Corn
Nacho Cheese
Jalape–o
Pumpkorn(Cool Fruits)
Original(tamari & garlic)
Chili
Curry
Maple/Vanilla Robert's American Gourmet
Potato Chips
Pretzels
Dude Food Popcorn Rocky Mountain Snacks
Potato Chips
Original
Jalapeno Fiesta
Salt & Vinegar
Honey Bar-B-Que
Dill Pickle
Onion & Chive
Pretzels
Original
Sunflower
100% Whole Wheat
RW Garcia
Blue Tortilla Chips
Black Bean Garlic Chips Santa Cruz Organics(RW Garcia)
Gold Tortilla Chips
Blue Tortilla Chips
Picante Blue Tortilla Chips
Black Bean and Garlic Tortilla Chips
Chipotle Chili and Lime Tortilla Chips
Mayan Red Tortilla Chips Seasons(Michael Seasons)
Cheddar Cheese Puffs
White Cheddar Cheese Puff
Cheddar Crunchy Cheese Curls
Potato Chips
Original
Cheddar
Sour Cream
Honey BBQ
Kettle Cooked
Kettle Cooked Mesquite BBQ
Ripple Chip
Salt & Vinegar
Tortilla Chips
Blue Corn Sesame
Blue Corn Hot & Spicy
Yellow Corn Salsa
Yellow Corn Mini
White Corn Chips
Terra Chips(Hain/Celestal)
Olive Oil Potato Chips
Original
Blue Potato
Sweet Potato
Trio
Rosemary
Lemon
Garlic
Cracked Pepper
Red Bliss Chips
Original
With Fines Herbs
Whole Foods
Popcorn
Cheddar Cheese Popcorn
White Corn Chips
Blue Corn Chips
Nacho Chips Wild Oats
White Corn Chips
Spicy Blue Corn Chips
Sesame Blue Corn Chips
Garden Sticks
Kettle Potato Chips
Mini Pretzels
Pretzel Sticks
Thick Pretzel Sticks
Onion Rings
GENETICALLY ENGINEERED INGREDIENTS
Act II Microwave Popcorn(ConAgra) Butter Extreme Butter Corn on the Cob Frito-Lay*(PepsiCo) Lays Potato Chips(all varieties) Ruffles Potato Chips(all) Doritos Corn Chips(all) Tostitos Corn Chips(all) Fritos Corn Chips(all) Cheetos(all) Rold Gold Pretzels(all) Cracker Jack Popcorn Healthy Choice Microwave Popcorn(ConAgra) Organic Corn(soy/canola oils) Mothers Corn Cakes(Quaker) Butter Pop Orville Redenbacher Microwave Popcorn(ConAgra) Original Homestyle Butter Smart Pop Pour Over Orville Redenbacher Popcorn Cakes Chocolate Caramel Orville Redenbacher Mini Popcorn Cakes Butter Peanut Caramel Chocolate Peanut Pop Secret Microwave Popcorn(Betty Crocker/General Mills) Natural Homestyle Jumbo Pop Extra Butter Light 94% Fat Free Butter Pringles(Procter & Gamble) Original Low Fat Pizza-licious Sour Cream & Onion Salt & Vinegar Cheezeums Quaker Rice Cakes Peanut Butter Chocolate Crunch Cinnamon Streusel Mini Chocolate Ranch Sour Cream & Onion Apple Cinnamon Caramel Corn
Quaker Corn Cakes
White Cheddar
Caramel Corn
Strawberry Crunch
Caramel Chocolate Chip *Frito has informed its corn and potato suppliers that the company wishes to avoid GE crops, but acknowledges that canola or other oils and ingredients in its products may be from GE sources.
soda and juice drinks
NON-GENETICALLY ENGINEERED INGREDIENTS
sodasMad River Root Beer Ginger Ale Cream Soda Black Cherry Orange Chill Raspberry Lemon Blackberry Guava juice drinks365 Brand(Whole Foods) Cranberry Juice Cocktail Cranberry Grape Cranberry Raspberry Cranberry Peace Apple Cherry Cider Ruby Red Grapefruit Garden Vegetable Medley Down to Earth(Wild Oats) Cranberry Blend Cranberry Raspberry Lemonade Limeade Tropical Punch Tropical Fiesta Morning Drink Fresh Samantha(Odwalla) Mango Mama Banana Strawberry Raspberry Dream Watermelon Whirler Lulo Lemonade Mountain Sun Tropical Punch Cherry Cooler Cherry Cranberry Kiwi Strawberry Papaya Peak Cranberry Zip Peach Nectar Cider & Spice Muir Glen Tomato Juice 100% Vegetable Juice Odwalla Rooty Fruity Strawberry Banana Blackberry Fruitshake Mango Tango Orange Pina Summertime Lime Strawberry Lemonade Pure Squeezed Lemonade Whole Foods juices Peach Nectar Old Fashioned Lemonade Berry Blast Cherry Crush Caribbean Cooler Cranberry Cooler
GENETICALLY ENGINEERED INGREDIENTS
sodasCoca Cola Coca Cola Sprite Cherry Coke Barq's Root Beer Minute Maid Orange Minute Maid Grape Surge Ultra PepsiCo Pepsi Slice Wild Cherry Pepsi Mug Root Beer Mountain Dew Cadbury/Schweppes 7-Up Dr. Pepper A & W Root Beer Sunkist Orange Schweppes Ginger Ale juice drinksCapri Sun juices(Kraft/Phillip Morris) Red Berry Surfer Cooler Splash Cooler Wild Cherry Strawberry Kiwi Fruit Punch Pacific Cooler Strawberry Orange Grape Fruitopia(Coca Cola) Grape Beyond Berry Lemonade Fruit Integration Kiwiberry Ruckus Strawberry Passion Tremendously Tangerine Fruit Works(PepsiCo) Strawberry Melon Peach Papaya Pink Lemonade Apple Raspberry Gatorade(Quaker) Lemon Lime Orange Fruitpunch Fierce Grape Frost Riptide Rush Hawaiian Punch(Procter & Gamble) Tropical Fruit Grape Geyser Fruit Juicy Red Strawberry Surfin Hi-C(Coca Cola) Pink Lemonade Watermelon Rapids Boppin' Berry Tropical Punch Smashin' Wildberry Blue Cooler Blue Moon Berry Orange Cherry Kool Aid(Kraft/Phillip Morris) Blastin' Berry Cherry Bluemoon Berry Kickin' Kiwi Lime Tropical Punch Wild Berry Tea Ocean Spray Cranberry Juice Cocktail Cranapple CranGrape CranRaspberry CranStrawberry CranMango Squeeze It(Betty Crocker/General Mills) Rockin' Red Puncher Chucklin' Cherry Mystery 2000 Sunny Delight(Procter & Gamble) Sunny Delight Original Sunny Delight With Calcium Citrus Punch Sunny Delight California Style Citrus Punch Tang juices(Kraft/Phillip Morris) Orange Uproar Fruit Frenzy Berry Panic Tropicana Twisters(PepsiCo) Grape Berry Apple Raspberry Blackberry Cherry Berry Cranberry Raspberry Strawberry Pink Grapefruit Tropical Strawberry Orange Cranberry Orange Strawberry Banana V-8(Campbells) V8 Tomato Juices(all varieties) Strawberry Kiwi Strawberry Banana Fruit Medley Berry Blend Citrus Blend Apple Medley Tropical Blend Island Blend
soup
NON-GENETICALLY ENGINEERED INGREDIENTS
Amy's Kitchen Cream of Tomato Cream of Mushroom Black Bean Lentil Minestrone Vegetable Barley Fantastic Foods(cup soup mixes)
· Garlic Herb
· Vegetable Barley
· Broccoli and Cheddar
· Creamy Asparagus
· Tomato Vegetable Noodles
· Chicken Free Noodles
· Five Bean
· Split Pea
· Country Lentil
· Minestrone
· Vegetable Barley Big Soup Noodle Bowls
Hot & Sour
Miso w/Tofu
Spicy Thai
Hain(Hain/Celestial)
Chicken Noodle
Minestrone
Split Pea
Wild Rice
Creamy Mushroom
Mushroom Barley
Vegetarian Lentil Health Valley(Hain/Celestial)
Chicken Noodle
Tomato Vegetable
14 Garden Vegetable
Corn & Vegetable
Minestrone
5 Bean Vegetarian
Lentil & Carrot
Split Pea & Carrot
Tomato
Potato Leek
Vegetable
Black Bean
Minestrone
Soup in a Cup(mixes)
Corn Chowder
Split Pea
Creamy Potato
Black Bean
Imagine Foods
Creamy Broccoli
Creamy Butternut Squash
Zesty Gazpacho
Creamy Mushroom
No-Chicken Broth
Creamy Potato Leek
Creamy Sweet Corn
Creamy Tomato
Vegetable Broth Shari Ann's
Potato & Cheddar
French Lentil
Cream of Tomato
Split Pea
Minestrone
Italian White Bean
French Onion
Cream of Tomato
Tomato with Roasted Garlic
Tomato with Bell Peppers
Mexican Bean
Indian Black Bean
Vegetable Barley Walnut Acres
Chicken Noodle
Chicken Rice
Chicken Gumbo
Tomato
Navy Bean
Corn Chowder
Manhattan Clam Chowder
New England Clam Chowder
Vegetarian Minestrone
Vegetarian Stew
Vegetable
Cream of Pea
Cream of Spinach
Cream of Carrot
Creamy Garden Vegetable
Creamy Pumpkin Westbrae Natural(Hain/Celestial)
Old World Split Pea
Louisiana Bean
Mediterranean Lentil
Sante Fe Vegetable
Southwest Vegetable
Milano Minestrone
Alabama Black Bean
Garden Vegetable
Corn Chowder
Unchicken Rice
French Onion
Creamy Unchicken
Creamy Mushroom
GENETICALLY ENGINEERED INGREDIENTS
Campbell's Tomato Chicken Noodle Cream of Chicken Cream of Mushroom Cream of Celery Cream of Broccoli Cheddar Cheese Green Pea Healthy Request
Chicken Noodle
Cream of Chicken
Cream of Mushroom
Cream of Celery
Campbell's Select
Roasted Chicken with Rice
Grilled Chicken with Sundried Tomatoes
Chicken Rice
Vegetable Beef
Chunky
Beef with Rice
Hearty Chicken & Vegetable
Pepper Steak
Baked Potato with Steak & Cheese
New England Clam Chowder
Soup to Go
Chicken Noodle
Chicken Rice
Garden Vegetable
Vegetable Beef & Rice
Simply Home
Chicken Noodle
Chicken Rice
Garden Vegetable
Vegetable Beef with Pasta
Healthy Choice(ConAgra)
Country Vegetable
Fiesta Chicken
Bean & Pasta
Chicken Noodle
Chicken with Rice
Minestrone Pepperidge Farms(Campbell's)
Corn Chowder
Lobster Bisque
Chicken & Wild Rice
New England Clam Chowder
Crab SoupProgresso(Pillsbury)
Tomato Basil
Chicken Noodle
Chicken & Wild Rice
Chicken Barley
Lentil
New England Clam Chowder
Zesty Herb Tomato
Roasted Chicken with Rotini
Fat Free Minestrone
Fat Free Chicken Noodle
Fat Free Lentil
Fat Free Roast Chicken
tomatoes and tomato sauces
NON-GENETICALLY ENGINEERED INGREDIENTS
365 Brand Tomatoes(Whole Foods) Diced Tomatoes Tomato Paste Tomato Sauce 365 Brand Sauces(Whole Foods) Marinara Roasted Garlic Roasted Red Pepper Roasted Vegetable Pesto Sun-Dried Tomato Amy's Kitchen Pasta Sauces Marinara Garlic Mushroom Tomato Basil Annie's Naturals Pasta Sauces Mushroom Roasted Veggie Vermont Cheddar Cheese Down to Earth Tomatoes(Wild Oats) Crushed Tomato Paste Tomato Sauce Down to Earth(Wild Oats) Pasta Sauces Mushroom Roasted Garlic Spicy Diavolo Roasted Red Pepper Vegetable Primavera California Spirits Pasta Sauces(Golden West Specialty Foods)Cabernet Roasted Red Pepper Merlot Artichoke Zinfandel Roasted Garlic & Basil Sun Dried Tomato, Zuccini, with Chianti Mom's Pasta Sauces(Timpones) Garlic & Basil Spaghetti Sauce Special Marinara Puttanesca Caponata Muir Glen Tomatoes(Small Planet/General Mills) Whole Peeled Diced Stewed Diced with Italian Herbs Diced with Garlic & Onions Diced with Green Chilis Ground Peeled Tomato Sauce Pizza Sauce Muir Glen Sauces Chunky Tomato & Herb Cabernet Marinara Green Olive Mushroom Marinara Balsamic Roasted Onion Garlic Vegetable Roasted Red Pepper Tomato Basil Italian Herb Sun-Dried Tomato Timpones Classic Spaghetti Sauce Roasted Pepper Spaghetti Sauce Whole Foods Tomatoes Pureed Whole Peeled Whole Foods Sauces Pasta Sauce Fat Free Pasta Sauce Neapoliton Marinara Roman Puttanesca Apulian Diavoliccino Piedmontese Bosciaola Whole Kids(Whole Foods) Organic Pasta Sauce Wild Oats Pasta Sauces Puttanesca Pesto Sun-Dried Tomato Sauce Marinara Wild Mushroom
GENETICALLY ENGINEERED INGREDIENTS
Del Monte(Nabisco/Phillip Morris) Tomato Sauce Five Brothers Pasta Sauces(Lipton/Unilever) Summer Vegetable Five Cheese Roasted Garlic & Onion Tomato & Basil Healthy Choice Pasta Sauces(ConAgra) Traditional Garlic & Herb Sun-Dried Tomato & Herb Hunts(ConAgra) Traditional Spaghetti Sauce Four Cheese Spaghetti Sauce Tomato Sauce Tomato Paste Prego Pasta Sauces(Campbells) Tomato, Basil & Garlic Fresh Mushroom Ricotta Parmesan Meat Flavored Roasted Garlic & Herb Three Cheese Mini-Meatball Chicken with Parmesan Ragu Sauces (Lipton/Unilever) Old World Traditional Old World with Meat Old World Marinara Old World with Mushrooms Ragu Robusto Parmesan & Romano Ragu Robusto Roasted Garlic Ragu Robusto Sweet Italian Sausage Ragu Robusto Six Cheese Ragu Robusto Tomato, Olive Oil & Garlic Ragu Robusto Classic Italian Meat Chunky Garden Style Super Garlic Chunky Garden Style Garden Combo Chunky Garden Style Tomato, Garlic & Onion Chunky Garden Style Tomato, Basil & Italian Cheese Pizza Quick Traditional

Do you know what is in your food?

2008-02-06T10:42:00.000-08:00

Do you know what is in your food?
Is it genetically engineered?
You don't know --because the FDA won't tell you...

Frequently Asked Questions
Question: Why don't the food manufacturers and the biotech companies want you to know if your foods have been genetically engineered?
Answer: Because if they are labeled, you will start asking questions such as "Have these genetically engineered foods been safety tested on humans?" The answer to that question is NO!
Question: Doesn't the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) require genetically engineered foods to be safety tested like they do for new drugs and food additives before they are sold to the public for consumption?
Answer: NO! With limited exceptions, under current FDA regulations, companies are not even required to notify the agency they are bringing new genetically engineered products to the market.
Question: How much of the food I buy in the grocery stores contain genetically engineered ingredients?
Answer: Since genetically engineered soy and corn are used in many processed foods, it is estimated that over 70 percent of the foods in grocery stores in the U.S. and Canada contain genetically engineered ingredients.
Question: Are people all over the world eating genetically engineered foods?
Answer: No, all of the European Union nations, Japan, China, Australia, New Zealand and many other countries require the mandatory labeling of foods that contain genetically engineered ingredients. As a result, food manufacturers in all those countries choose to use non-genetically engineered ingredients.
Question: Are you telling me that people in the United States and Canada are eating a lot more genetically engineered foods than in many other countries in the world?
Answer: Yes, citizens in the United States and Canada are engaged in the largest feeding experiment in human history and most people are not even aware of the fact.
Question: What countries are growing genetically engineered crops?
Answer: There were only five countries that grew about 98 percent of the $44 billion of commercial genetically engineered crops in 2003-2004. Those five countries were: the United States ($27.5 billion), Argentina ($8.9 billion), China ($3.9 billion), Canada ($2.0 billion) and Brazil ($1.6 billion).
Question: What can I do to help properly regulate genetically engineered foods so that I can rest assure that these experimental crops will not harm human health or the environment?
Answer: The single most important step you can take is to mail three letters using the U.S. Postal Service. One letter goes to your Congressional Representative in the U.S. House of Representatives and the other two to your state's two Senators serving in the U.S. Senate. The letters request that they support legislation to label genetically engineered foods. We have form letters on this web site for this purpose. Click here for more information.
A brief word about terminology
Analysts use many different phrases to describe genetically engineered foods. The biotech industry rarely uses the phrase "genetically engineered foods," sticking with the more bland (and less controversial) phrase "biotech foods."
In Europe, genetically engineered foods are more commonly referred to as genetically modified foods, genetically altered foods or GMOs (short for genetically modified organisms). But scientists generally agree that "genetically engineered" more accurately represents the process than "genetically modified."
Supporters of biotech foods often try to argue that we have been genetically modifying our foods for centuries, through a process known as hybridization, or interbreeding. But that process is far different than the recombinant DNA splicing used in modern agricultural biotechnology.
It is interesting to note that the eleventh edition of the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary added the word "Frankenfood" as another term to describe genetically engineered food.

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Greater Flamingo or Caiman Flamingo in Haiti

2008-01-30T11:01:00.000-08:00

Status of the Greater Flamingo in Haiti Jose A. Ottenwalder, Charles A. Woods, Galen B. Rathburn, John B. ThorbjarnarsonColonial Waterbirds, Vol. 13, No. 2 (1990), pp. 115-123doi:10.2307/1521577This article consists of 9 page(s).
Abstract
Although flamingos in Haiti can still be found in most areas of their historical range, survey results indicate that numbers have declined drastically over the last 50 years. The coastal mangrove lagoons between Grand Saline and Gonaives, the inland lakes of Etang Saumatre and Trou Caiman, and Ile de la Gonave have been, and remained, the major areas used by flamingos. The species has been extripated from areas with high human population densities (Ile a Vache, Les Cayes, and Cap-Haitien). No evidence of breeding activity was obtained. The last nesting colony known to occur in Haiti was reported in 1928. Available data suggest that Haiti is mostly utilized by flamingos for feeding and roosting during non-breeding, winter dispersal from Great Inagua, and perhaps Cuba. Flamingo numbers in Haiti are estimated at about 900 (+-600) birds. Population trends in Haiti are likely declining due to increasing human disturbance, habitat degradation, and exploitation for food and trade.

(N.B.: The Caiman Flamingo has its distinctive looks from other flamingos. To see a picture of the Haitian "Caiman" Flamingo, please visit the following website: (myhaiti0.tripod.com/animals.htm)

Mammal Extinctions

2008-01-30T09:31:00.000-08:00

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Mammal Extinctions
Cuba, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola and Jamaica had a variety of unusual native rodents and shrew-like insectivores prior to the arrival of European explorers and settlers in the 1600s; many were ancient species. When native Caribbean populations settled the islands after the Ice Ages, rodents as big as marmots inhabited the larger islands. A type of giant sloth lived in Puerto Rico, and a rodent nearly the size of the American black bear inhabited the small islands of Anguilla and St. Martin until it was apparently hunted to extinction by natives (Olson 1978). Cuba, Puerto Rico and Hispaniola were once attached to the mainland of Central America, but this large land mass became separated and drifted off into the Caribbean. Some of the native fauna and flora present more than a million years ago survived until a few thousand years ago, and tiny frogs and butterflies from that period persist today.
When Europeans colonized the Caribbean islands, they began cutting forests and replacing them with huge plantations of sugar cane, other crops and grazing land for livestock. They imported thousands of slaves to farm the land. Mongooses were brought on the islands to control snakes, but they preyed on native mammals and birds instead; rats arrived in ship holds and did the same. Fifteen mammals have become extinct on Hispaniola, the island divided between present day Haiti and the Dominican Republic – this island suffered the highest number of mammal extinctions of any Caribbean island. Forests have been nearly obliterated on Haiti, which is another cause of extinctions. Cuba, Puerto Rico and Jamaica have likewise lost the majority of their forest cover, as well as many native mammals, including bats, rodents and insectivores. Jamaica was home to a monkey (Xenothrix mcgregori), making it the only Caribbean island with a native primate. It was hunted and its forest habitat was cut by European colonists, and it died out in the 1750s. Various species of hutias, large rodents found on most major islands, became extinct as well. Hutias remain on a few Caribbean islands but are close to extinction from forest destruction and predation by introduced mammals.
Most of the 40 mammals that became extinct on Caribbean islands after 1600 were rodents and insectivores. A muskrat and a rice rat became extinct on Martinique when Mt. Pelee erupted in 1902 – one of the few examples of a naturally caused modern extinction. Hutias, large rodents that resemble South American agoutis, proliferated into a variety of species on the large islands of the Greater Antilles. Settlement, deforestation and hunting caused at least five species of hutias to become extinct, and the few remaining species are now highly endangered.
The first mammal to disappear after 1600 was a massive wild cow called an auroch (Bos primagenius). This species, native to most of Europe, lived in the deciduous forests that once covered most of the continent. The auroch was also hunted for its meat and died out about 1627. Several other wild cattle related to the auroch survive in Southeast Asia, but they are critically endangered. The tarpan (Equus gmelini), a wild horse of Europe, gradually became rare and restricted from hunting and destruction of its native forests during the Middle Ages. The last wild tarpans were killed off in 1851 (Day 1981). Both the auroch and the tarpan are depicted by Pleistocene humans in magnificent cave paintings found in southern Spain and France.
The Steller's sea cow (Hydrodamalis stelleri) was an enormous 24 to 30 feet long marine mammal, similar in appearance to the dugong and the manatee. The sea cow was larger, however, and swam in the cold arctic waters of the Bering Sea, enduring temperatures that would kill its closest relatives. The slow and sluggish sea cows were killed off only 27 years after their discovery. They were first seen by the shipwrecked crew of the explorer Vitus Bering in 1741 in the vicinity of Bering Island in the Commander Islands, off the eastern coast of Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula. These sea cows were tame and easy to spear and harpoon by the ship crews who killed most of the population, calculated at only about 1,500. This animal showed extreme protectiveness toward its fellows and strong bonds between mates. The naturalist Georg Wilhelm Steller, after whom the species was named, described their behavior on being harpooned.
. . . Some of them tried to upset the boat [when another sea cow was struck] with their backs, while others pressed down the rope and endeavored to break it, or strove to remove the hook from the wound in the back by blows of their tail, in which they actually succeeded several times. It is most remarkable proof of their conjugal affection that the male, after having tried with all his might, although in vain, to free the female caught by the hook, and in spite of the beating we gave him, nevertheless followed her to the shore, and that several times, even after she was dead, he shot unexpectedly up to her like a speeding arrow. Early next morning, when we came to cut up the meat and bring it to the dugout we found the male by the female, and the same I observed on the third day when I went there by myself for the sole purpose of examining the intestine (Day 1981).
Australia has been the scene of more mammal extinctions than any other continent or island group. Beginning in the 19th century, Australia's mammals disappeared in large numbers. Native marsupials and rodents were gradually eliminated by massive habitat destruction and predation from animals introduced by European settlers. Twenty-two mammals became extinct after 1600. A wide variety of marsupials, from small species to wallabies, was extinguished within a century of settlement. Some, like the thylacine, or Tasmanian wolf (Thylacinus cyanocephalus), were deliberately persecuted by livestock ranchers under the misapprehension that the species presented a threat to flocks.
The crescent nailtail wallaby (Onychogalea lunata) was native to the gum forests of western Australia where John Gilbert, a 19th century museum collector, found the animal common in thick scrub, "where it is occasionally seen sunning itself" (Strahan 1995). This small marsupial weighed less than 20 pounds and looked like a miniature kangaroo. It rested in hollows in soft ground beneath shrubs during the day, feeding mainly at night on roots and coarse grass (Nowak 1999). When chased, it would run to a hollow tree with a hole in the bottom and clamber up the sides until it got high up within the trunk; aborigines used smoke to chase them out and then killed them for food (Strahan 1995). The aborigines also hunted these animals by building brush fences and enclosures and driving the animals into areas where people waited with clubs (Strahan 1995). In spite of hunting, this wallaby was fairly common until 1900, and many were collected for museums (Strahan 1995). It disappeared from the southern portion of its range early in the century after intensive forest clearance and development of the country for agriculture. Gradually, it became very rare, and disappeared altogether from the wild in the 1960s (Nowak 1999, Strahan 1995). Some experts suggested the removal of the thickets where these wallabies sheltered during the heat of the day left them homeless and vulnerable to predation (Nowak 1999).
Millions of acres of eucalyptus forests and mulga woodlands of southern and western Australia were clearcut by settlers beginning in the 19th century, opening up the land to wildfires (Lines 1991). The devastation of these habitats was described in Taming the Great South Land. A History of the Conquest of Nature in Australia, by W.J. Lines (1991). The combination of this habitat destruction, hunting and introduced predators, such as feral dogs, was responsible for the extinction of the Crescent Nailtail wallaby and many other native marsupials.
Various endemic Australian rodents and bats died out as well, and many of the remaining native mammals are become confined to tiny islands off the coasts – the only habitats where introduced animals are absent. Australia is like an island in having been isolated from other land masses for millions of years, and the majority of its mammals are endemic to the continent. In fact, it is often referred to as the "Island Continent." If Australian extinctions are included among those on islands, 87 percent of all extinctions of vertebrates other than fish have occurred on islands.
In Asia, the freshwater baiji dolphin species was until recently found throughout the Yangtze River and its surrounding lakes and tributaries. Unfortunately, the exponential growth of the Chinese population posed a variety of threats to its survival. A lack of information, growing threats and the species' small population size eventually led to the baiji's decline, despite protective efforts. Baiji dolphins were last officially sighted in 2004, and a 2006 expedition deemed the species "functionally extinct."

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Endangered Species

2008-01-30T09:15:00.000-08:00

Animal Info - Haitian Solenodon
(Other Name: Hispaniolan Solenodon, Solenodonte)
Solenodon paradoxus
Status: Endangered
Contents
1. Profile (Picture)2. Tidbits3. Status and Trends (IUCN Status, Countries Where Currently Found, Population Estimates, History of Distribution, Threats and Reasons for Decline)4. Data on Biology and Ecology (Weight, Habitat, Birth Rate, Early Development, Dispersal, Diet, Behavior, Social Organization)5. References
Profile
Picture: Haitian Solenodon (76 Kb JPEG)
The Haitian solenodon is an insectivore weighing about 1 kg (2.2 lb). Solenodons inhabit forests and brushy or rocky areas, often around plantations. Insects and spiders found in soil and leaf litter form most of its diet. The Haitian solenodon is mainly nocturnal, hiding during the day in rock clefts, hollow trees, or burrows which it excavates itself. Solenodons obtain food by rooting in the ground with their snouts and by tearing into rotten logs and trees with their foreclaws. The 1 or 2 young in a litter are born in a nesting burrow.The Haitian solenodon has apparently endemic to Hispaniola. It was thought to be extinct, or almost so, until 1907, when it was found living in the interior of the island. It was not considered to be in immediate danger early in this century. In 1966 it was known to occur in several localities of rocky, bushy and forested areas in the Dominican Republic. As of 1981, after extensive searching, it was concluded that the solenodon was 'functionally extinct' in Haiti, persisting only in the remote mountains of the south. In 1987 it still occurred in both countries but was thought to be particularly threatened in Haiti. It still occurred in both countries as of 1996.The most significant threats to the Haitian solenodon appear to be the continuing loss of its forest habitat and predation by introduced cats and dogs, especially by dogs in the vicinity of settlements.
Tidbits
*** As in most nocturnal terrestrial insectivores, the Haitian solenodon's sense of touch is highly developed, while smell and hearing are also important.
*** The Cuban and Haitian solenodons secrete poison from a gland above their teeth to subdue prey.
*** Solenodons have a long life span and low reproductive rate, as a result of having been among the dominant predators before Europeans colonized the New World.
Status and Trends
IUCN Status:
1960's - 1994: Endangered
1996 - 2004: Endangered; (Criteria: A1cde) (Population Trend: Decreasing) (IUCN 2004)
Countries Where the Haitian Solenodon Is Currently Found:
2004: Occurs in the Dominican Republic and Haiti (IUCN 2004).
Population Estimates:
[Note: Figures given are for wild populations only.]
Haiti
1977: Probably fewer than 100 (Oryx 1977c)
History of Distribution:
The Haitian solenodon has apparently only existed on Hispaniola. It was thought to be extinct, or almost so, until 1907, when it was found living in the interior of the island. It was not considered to be in immediate danger early in this century. In 1966 it was known to occur in several localities of rocky, bushy and forested areas in the Dominican Republic. As of 1981, after extensive searching, it was concluded that the solenodon was 'functionally extinct' in Haiti, persisting only in the remote mountains of the south, especially the area surrounding the Massif de la Hotte in the extreme southwest. It was thought to be common in certain areas of the Dominican Republic. In 1987 it still occurred in both countries but was thought to be particularly threatened in Haiti.
Distribution Map (10 Kb) (InfoNatura)
Threats and Reasons for Decline:
The most significant threats to the Haitian solenodon appear to be the continuing loss of its forest habitat and predation by introduced cats and dogs, especially by dogs in the vicinity of settlements.
Data on Biology and Ecology
Weight:
The Haitian solenodon weighs 700 - 1000 g (25 - 35 oz).
Habitat:
The Haitian solenodon is found in forests and brush country, as well as around plantations.
The Haitian solenodon is one of the species that live in both the Caribbean Biodiversity Hotspot (Cons. Intl.) and the Greater Antillean Moist Forests Global 200 Ecoregion. (Olson & Dinerstein 1998, Olson & Dinerstein 1999)
Birth Rate:
1 or 2 young per litter.
Early Development:
The young are born in a nesting burrow.
Dispersal:
Young solenodons remain with their mother for several months, which is exceptionally long for insectivores.
Diet:
Insects and spiders found in soil and leaf litter form most of its diet.
Behavior:
The Haitian solenodon is mainly nocturnal, hiding during the day in rock clefts, hollow trees, or burrows which it excavates itself. Solenodons obtain food by rooting in the ground with their snouts and by tearing into rotten logs and trees with their foreclaws.
Social Organization:
Adults are solitary, other than mothers with young.
References
Burton & Pearson 1987, Cons. Intl., Curry-Lindahl 1972, InfoNatura, IUCN 1969, IUCN 1994, IUCN 1996, IUCN 2000, IUCN 2003a, IUCN 2004, Macdonald 1984, Nowak & Paradiso 1983, Olson & Dinerstein 1998, Olson & Dinerstein 1999, Oryx 1977c, Woods 1981
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carbon cycle

2008-01-22T09:33:00.000-08:00

Carbon cycle

Carbon dioxide is used by plants for photosynthesis. The carbon is then built up into carbon compounds in the plants.
These carbon compounds either:
a) decay into peat, then over millions of years, coal (under very high pressures and worked on by microbes in the absence of oxygen). The coal is then burned by factories to produce electricity, and thus the carbon is returned to carbon dioxide in the air; or

b) are eaten by animals (or remain in the plant, no difference). The carbon compounds in both the plants and animals are returned to the air as carbon dioxide via respiration and also when they die and decay, as microbes digest their biomass.
Thus the cycle is complete.

Nitrogen in the air is built up into nitrates by nitrogen fixing bacteria. These nitrates are then absorbed by plants and turned into plant proteins. Leguminous plants can simply take the nitrogen in the air, and then build it up into plant proteins. The plant protein is then eaten by animals, who then excrete the protein as ammonia. Both the plant and animals proteins can be broken down and digested by microbes once the plant or animal dies into ammonia.
This ammonia is then oxidized by nitrifying bacteria into nitrites, which are then oxidized again by other nitrifying bacteria into nitrates.
Denitrifying bacteria can reduce nitrates to nitrogen in the air, nitrites or ammonia.

Carbon Cycle

The movement of carbon, in its many forms, between the biosphere, atmosphere, oceans, and geosphere is described by the carbon cycle, illustrated in the adjacent diagram. The carbon cycle is one of the biogeochemical cycles. In the cycle there are various sinks, or stores, of carbon (represented by the boxes) and processes by which the various sinks exchange carbon (the arrows). We are all familiar with how the atmosphere and vegetation exchange carbon. Plants absorb CO2 from the atmosphere during photosynthesis, also called primary production, and release CO2 back in to the atmosphere during respiration. Another major exchange of CO2 occurs between the oceans and the atmosphere. The dissolved CO2 in the oceans is used by marine biota in photosynthesis.
Two other important processes are fossil fuel burning and changing land use. In fossil fuel burning, coal, oil, natural gas, and gasoline are consumed by industry, power plants, and automobiles. Notice that the arrow goes only one way: from industry to the atmosphere. Changing land use is a broad term which encompasses a host of essentially human activities. They include agriculture, deforestation, and reforestation.
The adjacent diagram shows the carbon cycle with the mass of carbon, in gigatons of carbon (Gt C), in each sink and for each process, if known. The amount of carbon being exchanged in each process determines whether the specific sink is growing or shrinking. For instance, the ocean absorbs 2.5 Gt C more from the atmosphere than it gives off to the atmosphere. All other things being equal, the ocean sink is growing at a rate of 2.5 Gt C per year and the atmospheric sink is decreasing at an equal rate. But other things are not equal. Fossil fuel burning is increasing the atmosphere's store of carbon by 6.1 Gt C each year, and the atmosphere is also interacting with vegetation and soil. Furthermore, there is changing land use.
The carbon cycle is obviously very complex, and each process has an impact on the other processes. If primary production drops, then decay to the soil drops. But does this mean that decay from the soil to the atmosphere will also drop and thus balance out the cycle so that the store of carbon in the atmosphere will remain constant? Not necessarily; it could continue at its current rate for a number of years, and thus the atmosphere would have to absorb the excess carbon being released from the soil. But this increase of atmospheric carbon (in the form of CO2) may stimulate the ocean to increase its uptake of CO2 .
What is known is that the carbon cycle must be a closed system; in other words, there is a fixed amount of carbon in the world and it must be somewhere. Scientists are actively investigating the carbon cycle to see if their data does indeed indicate a balancing of the cycle. These types of investigations have led many scientists to believe that the forests of the Northern Hemisphere are, in fact, absorbing 3.5 Gt C per year, and so changing land use is actually removing carbon from the atmosphere (~2 Gt C/year), not increasing it as the diagram shows. Experiments are ongoing to confirm this information.
Balancing the Carbon Cycle
Using the data given in the carbon cycle diagram, attempt to balance the carbon cycle. By balance, we mean--given the amount of carbon moving between the various sinks, as listed on the process arrows--what must be the rate at which the various sinks are changing. Are they increasing, decreasing, or remaining constant? Be sure to include the uncertainties in your calculations. Remember, the carbon cycle is a closed system, so all the carbon must be accounted for. It cannot disappear.
If scientists can figure out where the carbon from anthropogenic sources is going, then it may be possible to devise programs to enhance the uptake of carbon in these sinks. This would reduce the rate of increase of carbon in the atmosphere and perhaps slow global warming. Hints: When scientists balance the carbon cycle, they consider only those processes and sinks which interact directly with the atmosphere, since increasing levels of CO2 in the atmosphere may cause global warming.
For decay from soil to atmosphere, use 60 GtC. This number is hotly contested, however, with many scientists believing that the soil is a significant sink for atmospheric carbon (2-3 GtC/year). Research is ongoing in this area.Consider whether sinks are growing or shrinking. For instance, from the Mauna Loa CO2 data (You will need Excel 5.0 or higher.) or the text version we can calculate the increase in carbon in the atmosphere with a high degree of certainty. What about the other sinks? What evidence do we have that they may be growing or shrinking?

Biogeochemical Cycles

While humans cannot control the weather on a daily basis, the influence of human life on the environment plays a significant role in global climate.
How often have you wished for a rainy day to go away, or for the warm weather of summer during wintertime? Unfortunately, these wishes rarely come true, and it seems as though humans have little control over the weather. While humans cannot control the weather on a daily basis, the influence of human life on the environment plays a significant role in global climate. Deforestation and fossil fuel burning are just a couple of examples of human activities that seriously disrupt the equilibrium of the global ecosystem and alter the biogeochemical cycles that play a role in determining the Earth’s climate.

Biogeochemical cycles are essentially the continuous transport and transformation of materials in the environment. Materials are transported through life, air, sea and land in a series of cycles. These cycles include the circulation of elements and nutrients upon which life and the earth’s climate depend. The most important biogeochemical cycles are those of water, carbon, nitrogen and certain other trace gases. In this text, however, we will discuss the carbon and nitrogen cycles, as they are closely intertwined with living things on Earth.
The carbon cycle is particularly influential when it comes to global climate. Much of the carbon in the carbon cycle is in the form of carbon dioxide, a gas that has a strong greenhouse effect because it absorbs infrared radiation. Carbon is one of the most common elements on Earth and it is the basis of all living things. Below is a graphical depiction of the carbon cycle: Nitrogen is another element that plays important roles in both biological and non-biological systems. Nitrogen gas makes up 80% of the Earth’s atmosphere and nitrogen exists in proteins of living organisms. The nitrogen cycle is depicted below:
Global climate change, temperature, precipitation and the stability of ecosystems are all dependent upon biogeochemical cycles. When humans inadvertently disrupt these cycles by, for example, polluting, disastrous consequences can result. A healthy understanding of these cycles are critical in order to ensure the health and safety of future generations of living things on Earth. From climate changes to atmospheric composition, biogeochemical cycles are an integral component of planetary biology.

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Environmental Organizations

2008-01-16T09:40:00.000-08:00

I have decided to join an environmental organization in order to participate more actively in solving the environmental problems that threaten our world. So, I have taken a close look at the mission statements of three major environmental organizations: Greenpeace, Wild Spots Foundation and Natural Resources Defense Council in order to make a decision that would be logical and personally compatible as well.

Greenpeace was created in 1971 to protest U.S. nuclear testing off the coast of Alaska. Since then, this organization has been addressing global environmental threats through "peaceful direct action". In fact, this means that their activists are very determined people who take extreme personal actions as they put themselves in harm's way in order to bring worldwide attention to specific issues and solve them. This is the most engaging type of activism to which, unfortunately, only a few special people can dedicate themselves. Our modern lifestyle has put our planet at a dangerously high level of environmental risk, and our world needs a greater number of that kind of people to come to its rescue.

Wild Spots Foundation is an organization that dedicates itself solely to saving "habitats of endangered species". Its activities concentrate on specific problems related to the conservation of natural resources and wildlife preservation throughout the world. This is a very noble objective because mankind, while promoting its own development and satisfaction, is destroying the habitat of other species in all corners of the planet. Nature's support system belongs to all the species that inhabit the earth, and man is just one among its species. Other species should not suffer from man's insatiable expansion.

For its part, the Natural Resources Defense Council claims that its purpose is to "safeguard the Earth: its people, its plants and animals and the natural systems on which all life depends." This is the broadest manner to pose the environmental issues that our society faces today. The Earth is one and belongs to all the forms of life that it sustains all together. NRDC's approach is ethical, and ethics is the missing link that can save the planet from the global threats that might soon put all its inhabitants, man included, on the list of endangered species.

Of these three environmental organizations, I would like to join the Natural Resources Defense Council because its battle ground is at the ethical level, and NRDC addresses the environmental problems at the level of the legal system. That is where the wrong decisions that are being taken can be fought, and that is where they can be undone.

Actually, I do not believe that I have what it takes to fully participate in the actions taken by the members of Greenpeace. I greatly admire them, but frankly I cannot even imagine a close friend putting his or her well-being in jeopardy like they do. Greenpeace activism calls on an exceptional individual. On the other hand, I find Wild Spots Foundation's goal too narrow even though I agree that it is crucial to protect animal life, specially the endangered species as they have as much right to this planet as every other living being.

As a supporter of the Natural Resources Defense Council, I will be kept aware of all the major issues affecting our environment such as the six following goals that NRDC lists as its priorities: curb global warming, save endangered wild places, move America beyond oil, revive the world's oceans, stem the tide of toxic chemicals, and accelerate the greening of China. Also, my financial contribution will go toward enabling this institution and its lawyers to tackle the institutional systems that have the responsibility to correct these global problems. I believe NRDC's approach to be more pragmatic; it seems more likely to succeed in eventually creating "a new way of life for humankind, one that can be sustained indefinitely without fouling or depleting the resources that support all life on Earth."