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A Farm of My Own:  Consumer Groups Get Investigation Launched  |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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 Posted - May 22 2008 : 3:55:23 PM
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The Organic Consumers Association (OCA) filed a letter with USDA this week supporting a legal complaint that calls for an investigation of the two factory farms that the Horizon organic dairy company manages and sources for a significant portion of their "organic" dairy products. As discussed in previous issues of Organic Bytes, since 2006, the OCA has called for a boycott of Horizon's (Dean Foods) dairy products, due to the corporation's practice of packing as many as 8,000 cattle onto feedlots, with little or no access to pasture, and then misleadingly labeling these products as "organic". OCA's ally, The Cornucopia Institute has filed several legal complaints with the USDA, demanding an investigation of the factory farms, but such requests have, thus far, fallen on deaf ears. Serving as a representative for our 850,000 members, volunteers and subscribers, the OCA is putting heat on the USDA to investigate and sanction the Horizon factory farms.
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
www.awarmheart.com
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Prairie Princess
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jodi
Washington
USA
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Posted - May 23 2008 : 07:52:15 AM
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Oh...my...goodness. I did not know that about Horizon Organic farms!!! I occasionally purchase their products since they're often the only organic option at grocery stores, but I won't be doing that any longer... 
~Jodi
"Women are like teabags...you never know how strong they are until they get into hot water." Eleanor Roosevelt |
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Mumof3
True Blue Farmgirl
3890 Posts
Karin
Ellenwood
GA
USA
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Posted - May 23 2008 : 08:04:35 AM
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Rats. I have a gallon of their milk in my 'frige. Well, no more buying their milk until this gets cleared up. Thanks, Alee. you are always on top of things!! :)
Karin
Farmgirl Sister
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Wherever you go, there you are.
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
22941 Posts |
Posted - May 23 2008 : 08:20:01 AM
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I can't take too much credit- I signed up for the Organic Consumer Association's newsletter. It is always packed full of enlightening things and letter writing campaigns. It's a great way to stay updated without having to do a bunch of research on your own time! :D
http://www.organicconsumers.org/
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
www.awarmheart.com
Please come visit Nora and me on our new blog:
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JenniferJuniper
True Blue Farmgirl
359 Posts
Jennifer
New Hampshire
USA
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Posted - May 23 2008 : 08:32:19 AM
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I'm on the OCA e-letter list too, it's really enlightening and presented in an easy-to-digest format. BTW, page 185 of the Ideabook listed some organic companies that had been bought out by larger corporations - Horizon Organic was listed along with several others. And I used and loved Burt's Bees - everything - for years, but will not buy their products anymore since they were bought by Clorox last year, so when my current pre-Clorox stash is gone I'll be searching for another line.
The corporate sneakiness of trying to get through loopholes to smack on the organic label for marketing purposes ticks me off in general.
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mima
True Blue Farmgirl
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Posted - May 23 2008 : 09:47:40 AM
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Oh thanks Alee!!!
"No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars,or sailed to an uncharted land or opened a new heaven to the human spirit." Helen Keller |
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NikkiSAllen
Farmgirl in Training
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Nikki
Aurora
IN
USA
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Posted - May 23 2008 : 4:37:29 PM
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chicken necker
True Blue Farmgirl
509 Posts
Sherry
Eastern Shore
Maryland
USA
509 Posts |
Posted - May 24 2008 : 7:59:52 PM
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Why do I find this stuff out after I've already went hog wild over the products???GRRRRR! I was so happy to find "Organic" dairy products in my store here. I was even more excited to find "Organic Lactose-Free" milk, so I bought plenty to freeze. (My DD is intolerant). Who are we to believe?
FarmGirl Sister #123
Crafty Bay FarmGirls Chapter
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
22941 Posts |
Posted - May 24 2008 : 8:17:20 PM
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I would say that if Horizon is your only organic choice- it is better than the other conventional milk, but if you have a choice- try Organic Valley or Strauss
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
www.awarmheart.com
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