Whole Latte Action
Ready, set, go! As part of Starbucks Week of Action, Food & Water Watch and allies were out in full force at a DC Starbucks earlier this week. Starbucks Week of Action, from June 19th-25th, aims to urge Starbucks to buy milk made without recombinant bovine growth hormone (rBGH) by leafleting customers directly. We handed out flyers urging Starbucks to go rBGH-free, hoping that a little direct pressure from their customers would get them to wake up and smell the coffee, so to speak. A number of customers expressed surprise that the company would use milk made with rBGH, and we even spoke with a breast cancer survivor who told us to keep up the good work.
Across the nation this week, people in 23 cities are flyering their local Starbucks, hoping the chain will be convinced to do the right thing and buy artificial hormone-free milk. From Brooklyn to Corpus Christi, Texas to Anchorage, the public is expressing their dismay over rBGH, which is banned in much of the industrialized world, harms cows, and may pose harm to people. Overall, it was a great first action in DC, and we look forward to the rest of the local events!
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