The Starbucks Campaign
News Flash
We Won! Thanks to thousands of emails, phone calls, and rallies by consumers like you, on August 24, 2007 Starbucks committed to serving only 100% hormone-free milk in all of its U.S. stores by the end of this year. Now there's a New Year's resolution we can get behind! Read their letter and our press release here. |
Injecting cows with artificial growth hormone harms cows and may harm people. Cows “treated” with this hormone get more infections, which leads to more antibiotic use. Overuse of antibiotics in animal production creates antibiotic resistant bacteria, a serious threat to treating people. Additionally, there is a potential link between rBGH and higher risk of breast, prostate, and colon cancer.
Starbucks promotes itself as a socially responsible company and, with more than 6,000 stores nation wide, buys a lot of milk. Now that Starbucks has finally made the switch to rBGH-free milk, they are sending a strong message to the dairy industry about consumers distaste for recombinant bovine growth hormone.
Thanks to the many calls, email, and protests from healthy food advocates like you, Starbucks has committed to serving only 100% hormone-free milk in all of its U.S. stores by the end of this year. This is great news! Read their letter of commitment and our press release here.
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