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STARBUCKS UNDER FIRE
Before you sip your next $ 5.00 dollar Starbucks mocha latte ~ be aware that the milk may well be from cows injected with Bovine Growth Hormone (rBGH) and that Fair trade & organic farmers represents only a very small percentage of their total coffee sales (about 3.7%).
Organic Consumer Organization ( OCA ) reveals the sordid details and asks for your help to leaflet your local neighborhood Starbuck cafes.
Allen L Roland
STARBUCKS UNDER FIRE FOR USING RBGH MILK & NOT SERVING UP FAIR TRADE COFFEE
A National Week of Action pressuring Starbucks will be taking place June 19th-25th. The OCA and its allies are calling on Starbucks, the largest coffee distributor in the world, to discontinue serving milk from cows injected with Bovine Growth Hormone (rBGH) and ensure that at least 5% of their coffee is certified Fair Trade.
Global coffee prices have plummeted, pushing millions of small coffee farmers into desperate poverty. Fair Trade coffee guarantees farmers are paid a fair price for their crops.
While Starbucks plasters their store walls with photos of Fair Trade coffee farmers, Fair trade & organic represents only a very small percentage of their total coffee sales (about 3.7%).
Starbucks continues to post record annual profits by exploiting the world's coffee farmers. Starbucks rarely offers certified Fair Trade coffee as their coffee of the day, nor has it followed its own policy of brewing Fair Trade coffee, on demand.
Join OCA and its allies to leaflet Starbucks cafes in your neighborhood.
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