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Judi Lynn

(160,219 posts)
Tue Dec 9, 2014, 05:36 PM Dec 2014

Organic Consumer Pressure Works—Stonyfield Quits International Dairy Foods Group

Published on Tuesday, December 09, 2014

by Common Dreams

Organic Consumer Pressure Works—Stonyfield Quits International Dairy Foods Group

by Ronnie Cummins

In the latest example of how consumers can pressure food companies to do the right thing, on Friday (December 5, 2014), Stonyfield Farm, a New Hampshire-based producer of organic milk and yogurt, became the second organic dairy company in five months to resign from the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA). IDFA is a trade group that is suing Vermont to overturn the state’s GMO labeling law, passed earlier this year.

The resignation came after OCA and other groups sent an open letter to four leading organic dairy companies, demanding they withdraw their membership in the IDFA.

An article in Vermont Digger, stated that Stonyfield and California-based Clover-Stornetta Farms, which pulled out of the IDFA in July, claimed they were “under fire” from consumers. In our letter, sent July 23, 2014, and addressed to Stonyfield Farms, Aurora Organic, Organic Valley and White Wave/Horizon, OCA warned that organic consumers were outraged that leading organic dairy companies were paying membership dues and lending credibility to the pro-Monsanto IDFA.

The IDFA is not only party to the lawsuit against Vermont, it is also lobbying for H.R. 4432, an outrageous anti-consumer bill, introduced in April (2014) in the House of Representatives by Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-Kan.). The bill, dubbed by consumers as the Deny Americans the Right to Know (DARK) Act, would preempt all state GMO labeling laws, and make it legal to use the word “natural” on products that contain GMOs.

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http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/12/09/organic-consumer-pressure-works-stonyfield-quits-international-dairy-foods-group

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Organic Consumer Pressure Works—Stonyfield Quits International Dairy Foods Group (Original Post) Judi Lynn Dec 2014 OP
Good. Stonyfield yogurt sucked. misterhighwasted Dec 2014 #1
This is fantastic news!! Its good to know Stonyfieold is a moral corporation-even if pressured. RiverLover Dec 2014 #2
How does this make them ethical in any way? HuckleB Dec 2014 #3

RiverLover

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2. This is fantastic news!! Its good to know Stonyfieold is a moral corporation-even if pressured.
Tue Dec 9, 2014, 09:23 PM
Dec 2014

I hope Monsanto is paying attention!!

Thanks for posting, Judi Lynn. Its good to know consumers can make a difference.

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