While customers may be willing to pony up more money for foods that are labeled “organic,” in many cases the food isn’t coming from a small farm – it’s coming from the same producers that make soda and boxed macaroni and cheese.

Many consumers may not realize how much organic food giant corporations or large agribusiness controls. It shouldn’t be surprising, though, considering how much more people are willing to pay for something with “organic” stamped on the box, bottle or bag. Between the time when the Agriculture Department came up with proposed regulations and the time that they went into effect in 2002, large corporations went shopping themselves.