silk soymilk, horizon and starbucks

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Veg Friends, I may be the only one who didn't know this, but apparently, Silk soymilk is being made from "organic" soybeans from China (which has much different organic standards and labor standards than the U.S.) White Wave may be doing a disservice to its customers by continuing to label the product 'organic.' Re: Horizon -- I just talked to the Dairy manager at Rainbow and the dept. is meeting next week to discuss whether to pull Horizon or not...if you're interested, you can phone in your support to her: (415) 863-0620 (dial 'O' for customer serv. and ask for 'Dairy.') This came out on Wednesday from the Organic Consumer Association. (You can get their newsletters here: http://www.organicconsumers.org/organicbytes.htm. Best, Andrea Kowalski HORIZON AND AURORA BANNED IN CO-OPSOne month ago, after a poll of our members, the Organic Consumers Association called on consumers to boycott dairy companies like Horizon and Aurora for their practice of raising "organic" cattle on intensive confinement feedlots. A number of natural food stores and co-ops across the U.S. are beginning to respond to concerned consumers and removing suspect dairy products from their stores. The Wedge Co-op in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the second largest co-op in the U.S., no longer carries Horizon products. In Colorado, the Boulder Co-op Market, has also discontinued stocking Horizon products. Amy Wyatt, Assistant General Manager for the Co-op, says, "Based on our concerns regarding Horizon's practices, we didn't feel

that continuing to carry this company's products was consistent with our mission and values.” Dean Foods, Horizon’s parent company, is also starting to come under fire for abandoning U.S. organic soybean farmers and importing cheap soybeans from China, where organic standards are dubious, and farm labor wages and conditions are abysmal. Dean Foods now controls the nation’s largest organic soymilk brand, Silk, as well as the largest organic tofu brand, White Wave. Learn more: http://www.organicconsumers.org/2006/article_400.cfm <http://www.organicconsumers.org/2006/article_400.cfm>

__ PROTEST STARBUCKS: Frankenbucks National Week of Action June 19th-25thDespite years of grassroots pressure, Starbucks continues to serve milk from cows that are injected with Monsanto’s controversial genetically engineered recombinant bovine growth hormone, also known as rBGH or rBST. Virtually every industrial country, except for the United States, has banned the use of rBGH. Milk produced from cows injected with rBGH poses serious hazards to human health, including increased risks for cancer. The time has come to kick rBGH off the market, once and for all. If Starbucks, a major buyer of milk, were to ban rBGH dairy products in its coffee beverages other major corporations would likely do the same.

Join OCA and allies June 19-25, to protest or leaflet at Starbucks cafes in your neighborhood. Help us reach our goal of 300 actions! Click here to leaflet Starbucks or for more information http://organicconsumers.org/Starbucks/

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For those who consume a lot of soymilk, i highly recomend getting a soymilk maker. I bought one in the fall from soymilkmaker.com and it paid for itself within 2 months! Now i only have pure, 100% organic soymilk, or rice milk, oatmilk, various combinations, etc. No added sugars, gums or stabilizers and i do not have to toss out or recycle carton after carton. They are simple to use and will save a lot of money and you will get a far superior product to what you find on a shelf in a store. And a bonus is the pulp (okara in japanese) that is leftover which is very tasty and nutritious. phil Philip Gelb shakuhachi player, teacher vegetarian/vegan chef http://philipgelb.com