I guess it is time to ask all retailers the names of the manufacturers of
their private label products so we can know what stores and what products
to avoid.
At 10:58 PM 3/1/00 -0500, Keith Johnson wrote:
>When I suggested to Greg Caton of Lumen Foods that I would boycott his GMO
soy
>products and urge local stores to do likewise he had this response:
>
>
>"You give yourself too much credit.
>Most of my business is private label or mail order.
>I wouldn't be waging this campaign if I didn't know
>that there isn't anything in this universe that people
>like you could do to affect my business. You're
>totally wrong on GM foods, but since over 80% of all
>foods will be biotech in the next 5 years (according
>to Clinton administration figures) it's all
>academic anyways. You people had an opportunity
>to take a pro-environmental position and so something
>really important for the advancement of biotech
>science. Lucky for you, you'll ending up enjoying
>the fruits of biotechnology, kicking and screaming
>every inch of the way. The passage of time will
>show you how horribly wrong you've been."
>
>
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