Hobby Lobby Fallout: Catholic Soy Milk Mogul Won't Cover Drugs That 'Prevent Procreation'

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A selection of Eden Foods' products, including its soy milk, instantly recognizable to any Whole Foods shopper, and its pantry-staple beans.

7/03/2014 @ 2:07PM
Clare O'Connor
Forbes Staff

Eden Foods bills itself as the oldest natural foods company in America. Founder Michael Potter started the business as a co-op in 1960s Michigan, long before terms like “macrobiotics” and “clean eating” were commonplace.

Potter and his team used to walk rural roads, knocking on doors of farms to seek out farmers willing to grow organic produce for the brand.

Today, Eden Foods is an all-American success story, resisting regular buyout bids and doing over $50 million in annual sales. Its rectangular, aquamarine cartons of soy milk will be familiar to anyone who’s ever set foot in a Whole Foods. Its chickpeas and kidney beans are pantry staples.

Now, with U.S. organic food sales growing yearly, Potter has taken on a new mission: blocking his 150-strong workforce from accessing birth control as part of their Eden Foods insurance plan.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/clareoconnor/2014/07/03/hobby-lobby-fallout-catholic-soy-milk-mogul-wont-cover-drugs-that-prevent-procreation/

Imbecile.

[shenmue]

1. Now I've been warned,

I can get different brands. Thank you.

[okasha]

2. Amy's organic foods are really tasty.

And as far as I know, they have no issues .

[IrishAyes]

3. I was almost born to boycott; took to it like a duck to water.

Makes me a lot of fun to go shopping with. My folks used to swear it was the first word I ever spoke. Wonder where I heard it??? Now, anything Eden Foods makes is off limits. I grow a reasonable portion of my own food anyway - what do I need with them? Good riddance to bad rubbish.

I have, however, ordered a tee shirt with the letters 'NOTORIOUS RBG' above a picture of Justice Ginsberg. She was soooo right. This is a Pandora's Box they've opened, a real can of worms. They'll rue the day.

[HockeyMom]

5. They sell FORMULA??????

They are "facilitating" (Scalia) the use of contraceptives simply by selling formula. Breastfeeding is the oldest natural form of birth control for new mothers. Nursing an infant, on demand, round the clock, with no supplements (FORMULA) will prevent ovulation. No ovulation = no need for artificial "abortifacient" contraceptives. Or maybe they think new mothers SHOULD have another baby 9 or 10 months after giving birth? Sell MORE FORMULA!!!!!

What idiots, and hypocrites. Stop selling FORMULA.