Organic Retail and Consumer Alliance

A Project of the Organic Consumers Association

A Project of the Organic Consumers Association

  • Home
  • About ORCA
    • About the Right-to-Know Grocers Contest
  • Top 12 Grocers
  • Top Grocers by Region
  • 100% Organic Grocers
  • Grocer’s Toolkit
  • Contact

Chautauqua Natural Foods, Garberville, CA

783 Locust St., Garberville, CA
Store Logo
Website: http://www.chautauquanaturalfoods.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ChautauquaNaturals
Owner: Peg Anderson
General Manager:
Founded in: 1982
Organic Sales: A small percentage of overall store sales are not organic. 100 percent of produce sales are organic, with a small amount of non-certified produce being from farmers using organic production practices while working towards organic certification.
Annual Sales: Undisclosed

GMO Practices

Manufacturer Communication

Chautauqua Natural Foods has actively avoided GMO products since the early 1990's. The store requires verification of non-GMO status for all products containing suspect ingredients. Peg contacts manufacturers through their website or by phone when she has questions or needs more information, such as when a product's ingredient(s) or labeling changes. She works with brokers who screen for GMOs such as Share Organics.

Product Removal Process

Products brought into the store have been carefully screened and selected to meet the store’s health and wellness quality standards, with organic and non GMO being the store's primary purchasing priorities. Chautauqua also screens for good corporate citizenship. As giant multi-brand corporations have increasingly purchased independent providers, often their actions and investments do not support the store's organic principles. These products have been removed from store shelves. Chautauqua Natural Foods has for the past four years been actively removing and discarding products likely to contain GMO ingredients if found on their shelves. Last year the store removed all products labeled as "may contain GMOs" from their shelves and discontinued those products. Peg's belief, which she emphasizes to her employees, is that any loss of sales from GMO products are made up in for building Chautauqua Natural Foods reputation as a "Clean Natural Food Store."

Labeling

Chautauqua Natural Foods has large store signs informing customers about how GMOs are created, how to avoid them and the foods that have been modified, The store's GMO policy is also posted on a large sign. Products that are not organic are labeled with Non GMO signs. Chautauqua Natural Foods store is a Non-GMO Project Participating Retailer.


Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

The Organic Consumers Association (OCA) is a grassroots non-profit 501(c)3 public interest organization campaigning for health, justice, sustainability, peace, and democracy. We represent over 850,000 members, subscribers and volunteers, including several thousand businesses in the natural foods and organic marketplace.

OCA Links

About the OCA · Subscribe · Donate · Organics  · Health · Environment · Genetic Engineering · Fair Trade · Politics · Farm Issues · Food Safety

Organic Consumers AssociationOrganic Consumers Association 6771 South Silver Hill Drive Finland, MN 55603 Contact Us · 218-226-4164 Please Donate

[footer_backtotop]

Copyright © 2021 Organic Consumers Association · Log in

Fair Use Notice: The material on this site is provided for educational and informational purposes. It may contain copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. It is being made available in an effort to advance the understanding of scientific, environmental, economic, social justice and human rights issues etc. It is believed that this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have an interest in using the included information for research and educational purposes. If you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use', you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. The information on this site does not constitute legal or technical advice.