Ben and Jerry/rBGH

Michele Gale-Sinex/CIAS, UW-Madison (gale-sinex@aae.wisc.edu)
Wed, 15 Apr 1998 15:28:38 -0500

Howdy, all--

The link to the B&J/St. Albans/rBGH item was changed so it pointed
to this Dilbert thing instead of what it said it pointed to. B&J's
Webmaster sent me both the revised link and the text of that item
today, as follows.

peace
misha

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[forwarded message]

Here's the copy that was on our welcome page before Dilbert. More on
our position can be found at:

http://www.benjerry.com/bgh

I don't believe we had a press release about it. The Co-op did do
one.

>>> Our dairy supplier, the St. Albans Cooperative Creamery, has
decided to allow the use of rBGH by some of its members starting July
1, 1998. Ben & Jerry's remains committed to purchasing an rBGH-free
dairy supply. Our market research tells us that when consumers have
the information, they will choose rBGH-free products. We are
confident that the St. Albans co-op will continue to provide Ben &
Jerry's with an rBGH-free dairy supply. We will continue to offer a
premium to co-op member farms that do not use rBGH. Given today's
complex and tenuous farm economics, we understand the co-op's need to
allow member farmers choice and flexibility in the way they manage
their farms so that the co-op and member farms can remain competitive
and viable.

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