Pressuring Starbucks On Bovine Growth Hormone

This month, the Organic Consumers Association is organizing a series of protests and leafleting events at Starbucks coffee shops, calling on the corporation to ban genetically engineered Bovine Growth Hormone (rBGH) milk from its cafes and to brew organic and Fair Trade coffee on a regular basis. Facing mounting consumer opposition major dairies such as Dean Foods and retailers such as Wal-Mart are reportedly telling suppliers to stop using rBGH. Read more about rBGH in this previous post. :: Organic Consumers Association via Hugg

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