“Read the labels on your soy milk and the groovy multi-grain flakes you pour it on. Dean Foods owns White Wave/Silk. And the main shareholders of Dean Foods are: Citigroup, Coca-Cola, Exxon-Mobile, GE, Home Depot, Microsoft, Pfizer, Philip Morris, and Wal- Mart. Litelife, maker of the oh-so-righteous soy products served every year at my food co-ops annual member barbeque, is owned by ConAgra. Hain Food Group owns Bearitos, Bread Shop, Celestial Seasonings, Garden of Eatin’, Health Valley, Imagine Foods (Rice Dream), Terra Chips, and Westbrae. And the prime investors in Hain Food Group are mutual funds and holding companies, with the principal stockholders being Citigroup, Entergy Nuclear (do I even need to continue?), Exxon/Mobile, weapons manufacturer Lockheed Martin, Monsanto, Philip Morris, and to finish on a positive note, Wal-Mart. Cascadian Farms and Muir Glen are both owned by Small Planet Foods, which is owned by General Mills. And who “owns” General Mills? Alcoa Aluminum, Chevron, Disney, Dow Chemical, DuPont, Exxon/Mobil, General Electric, (vegetarians; take note) McDonalds, Monsanto, Nike, Pepsico, Philip Morris, Starbucks, Target Stores and Texas Instruments (producer of weapons and George W. Bush). What else can I add to that list besides Voldemort? Meanwhile, CocaCola owns Fresh Samantha and Odwalla Juice, while Phillip Morris owns Kraft Foods which owns Boca Burgers, and Nestle owns both Arrowhead Water and Poland Spring Water. Am I making my point? So you’re an environmentalist; why dont you know any of this?”
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Lierre Keith, The Vegetarian Myth, pg. 114 - 115
(We’re fucked.) (My thoughts exactly.)
