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Archae

(46,260 posts)
Wed Jul 2, 2014, 02:55 PM Jul 2014

It'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.”

(snip)

He told The Daily Telegram of Adrian, Mich., that he’s “grateful” for the Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby ruling. And, just in case there’s any confusion about where he stands, he called President Obama a “dictator” who’s trying to take away citizens’ rights.

http://crooksandliars.com/2014/07/does-your-organic-food-company-stand-hobby

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It's not just Hobby Lobby, an "organic" food company too. (Original Post) Archae Jul 2014 OP
How fascinating. 'middle class' oriented companies leftstreet Jul 2014 #1
Eden soy ... I just saw this frazzled Jul 2014 #2
Thanks for the info. herding cats Jul 2014 #3
With their prices... Archae Jul 2014 #4
I've bought their Extra virgin olive oil in the past. herding cats Jul 2014 #7
wrong spot.. herding cats Jul 2014 #6
Oh hell no! JaneyVee Jul 2014 #5

frazzled

(18,402 posts)
2. Eden soy ... I just saw this
Wed Jul 2, 2014, 02:59 PM
Jul 2014

I (uncharitably) hope my vegan friends are inconvenienced. Though not my truly lactose-intolerant ones:

Archae

(46,260 posts)
4. With their prices...
Wed Jul 2, 2014, 03:03 PM
Jul 2014

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)
7. I've bought their Extra virgin olive oil in the past.
Wed Jul 2, 2014, 03:46 PM
Jul 2014

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.

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