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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIt's not just Hobby Lobby, an "organic" food company too.
It's inevitable, companies are going to demand to be exempt from any and all of "da rulz" in their quest for profit.
Does Your Organic Food Company Stand With Hobby Lobby?
So the "organic way" is to keep dropping babies, live in poverty and die young -- right, Michael Potter? Talk about misunderstanding your core customers! Women (who tend to do the food shopping) are boiling mad and letting Eden Foods know they won't be buying any more of their products. Via Grist:
Like Hobby Lobby, Eden Foods sued the Obama administration to try to get out of providing contraceptive coverage for its employees. Eden Foods is a Michigan-based business that bills itself as the oldest natural and organic food company in North America.
It is solely owned by Michael Potter, a Catholic who refers to birth control pills as lifestyle drugs and likes to whine about unconstitutional government overreach.
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He told The Daily Telegram of Adrian, Mich., that hes grateful for the Supreme Courts Hobby Lobby ruling. And, just in case theres any confusion about where he stands, he called President Obama a dictator whos trying to take away citizens rights.
http://crooksandliars.com/2014/07/does-your-organic-food-company-stand-hobby
leftstreet
(36,076 posts)hobbies
organic foods
hmmm
frazzled
(18,402 posts)I (uncharitably) hope my vegan friends are inconvenienced. Though not my truly lactose-intolerant ones:
herding cats
(19,549 posts)They're on my list of companies I will not patronize.
Archae
(46,260 posts)I was boycotting them anyway.
Their food prices are usually 2, or even 3 times what I pay for food.
herding cats
(19,549 posts)Not since last year when I found out about their stance on healthcare, but before that I had purchased it. I was told it was one of the most healthy ones. That was an extravagance I rationalized for the health benefits. I doubt it was that much better for me to be honest, but I found it during my "holy cow, I need to take better care of myself" phase.
herding cats
(19,549 posts)Self-deleted.