On the Road to Victory
With chants like “rBGH is udderly ridiculous” and “mooove off the hormones”, Food & Water Watch activists proved today that we don’t take ourselves too seriously. (With many of our staff dressed up as cows outside of a DC Starbucks- as part of our Starbucks National Call-in Day- how could we?) We also proved, with our hardy volunteers, curious passersby, and a strong media turnout, that the movement against artificial growth hormones is growing. Watch video of the event here!
As it turns out, our efforts on Starbucks are making headway! When we returned to our desks, we found out that Starbucks is increasing the amount of its milk supply that is rBGH-free. In a message to customers today, Starbucks writes, “We are actively engaged with all of our dairy suppliers to explore a conversion of all core dairy products - fluid milk, half and half, whipping cream and eggnog - to rBST-free in our U.S. company-operated locations. Significant work on this front has already been accomplished, in fact 27 percent of the dairy we buy is already rBST-free and 37 percent will be rBST-free starting in January, 2007.” This ten percent increase in rBGH-free milk is a HUGE victory considering the enormous amount of milk that Starbucks uses every day. With continued pressure, we can get Starbucks to ban artificial hormones all the way.
Call 1-800- 235-2883 and ask Starbucks to make the switch!
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