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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 11:42 AM Original message |
Please consider boycotting Cabot Cheese and other Cabot products |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
1. I'm really surprised they got a permit to do that |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
2. Just a note... |
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Better Today (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
3. Though it might be an issue for ground water seepage, it isn't |
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MattBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 12:03 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. They are most likely using "in place" cleaning methods |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 12:06 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. I'm thinking that spreading a little hydoxide on the fields may counteract the acid rain. |
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MattBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 12:09 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Yes but no one would do that |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 12:15 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. I've spread lime around my maple trees to counteract for acid rain. |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 12:09 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. Much ado about nothing indeed |
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Better Today (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 12:56 PM Response to Reply #10 |
31. Gleaned from the article, they have to be assured that all cleaners are |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
4. Is there any information on the specific chemicals involved? |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 12:02 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Yes, it's a coop but it doesn't have a stellar record environmentally speaking |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 12:13 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. The spill was a result of well meaning ignorance, not malevolence: |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 12:14 PM Response to Reply #9 |
20. You did not answer the question. What chemicals are being used? |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
5. What are the "cleaning chemicals"? |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
6. This will be an easy one since I've never heard of it. |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
7. What? A crack in the Utopian shell? |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 12:04 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. utopia? the only person claiming that is you. |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 12:17 PM Response to Reply #12 |
22. The Kingdom? |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 03:31 PM Response to Reply #22 |
38. That's the name, genius- The Northeast Kingdom |
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MattBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
8. What chemicals are they talking about? |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
11. So you want a boycott of a company without really knowing what they are doing? |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 12:05 PM Original message |
no, it's not. |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
15. So what? Without anything more than this article, you are just spewing nonsense. |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
13. I can't afford Cabot products, although I see that our local coop |
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MattBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 12:13 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. Cabot cheeses were my indulgence before my heart attack |
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young_at_heart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 12:38 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. Mine too---until my gallbladder objected |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
23. Don't they clean the equipment with acetic acid? That's vinegar. |
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MattBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 12:47 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. I doubt vinegar |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 01:02 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. Sodium hydroxide is really funny stuff. Get some concentrated |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 03:18 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. Oh, that's right. Well, knowing the chemistry of soapmaking, when you mix |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
24. Cali, after reading the linked article and the subsequent postings, I find that I will NOT boycott. |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 12:38 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Oh, and an UNREC too.... |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
27. Glad I read thru the whole thread first. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
29. I tried to follow this story through old articles. I'd have to say that the |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 12:56 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. I think you nailed it. |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 01:16 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. Yup, and not a word from the OP, cali, about all the evidence that this is NOT an issue. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 03:26 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. I'm right here and I'll |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 03:37 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. The standards to obtain an Organic label are very, very strict. |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 03:51 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. WTF does that mean? |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 06:29 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Easy there - this is a discussion site, not an echo chamber. If you don't have all the |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
35. I never use dairy for any reason EVER. |
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TheMightyFavog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
36. Screw Cabot. Wisconsin Cheddar > anything from Vermont. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 03:33 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Well, maybe I'd consider Wisconsin cheese if you couldn't get the good stuff from New York..... |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 03:53 PM Response to Reply #36 |
42. Not even close |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 10:57 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. New York has the wine to go with the cheese: |
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realVTer (1 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
45. Dairy Facts |
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