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Living Earth Natural Food & Supplement Center, Worcester, MA

232 Chandler St, Worcester, MA 01609
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Website: http://www.lefoods.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Living-Earth/116529898372175
Owner: Al & Maggie Maykel
General Manager:
Founded in: 1971
Organic Sales: More than 50% of total store sales are organic. Produce sales are 100% organic.
Annual Sales: Between $2.5 million - $10 million a year.

GMO Practices

Manufacturer Communication

Living Earth's board member Frank Phelan is the store's GMO expert. He identifies and eventually removes all GMO products from the store.

Product Removal Process

Along with regularly removing suspect products from store shelves, Frank has persuaded several companies to substitute suspect ingredients for GMO-free and organic ingredients. Getting manufacturers to remove soy lecithin and canola oil has been the biggest challenge.

Labeling

Living Earth does not label GMO or non-GMO foods.


Comments

  1. Faith Gagne says

    August 8, 2013 at 9:20 am

    Hi. Do you have any plans on opening a store or two on Cape Cod? Maybe you will put this on your ‘to do’ list. Thanks.

    Sincerely, Faith Gagne

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