OT Nestle boycott, was my first adventure w/vegan dessert - easy recipe

[Guest guest]

My family boycotts Nestle. Nestle puts greed before

human life by promoting and selling their infant

formula in third-world countries.

 

Untrained workers dressed as nurses go into hospitals

and give free sample formula to new mothers, promoting

formula as more nutritious, though it’s not. As

mothers use the free sample, their breast milk stops

flowing. By the time they’re out of the free sample,

their breasts no longer make milk, so they have no

choice but to buy more formula.

 

When formula is mixed with dirty water, babies get

diarrhea and can die. Sometimes formula is diluted

when the parents can’t afford enough.

 

Breast milk has special benefits for babies because

it’s perfectly formulated to give babies just what

they need. Also, nursing creates a bond between baby

and mother.

 

Nestle knows the consequences of its actions but

doesn’t stop. A boycott can be successful if enough

people work together. Even if the boycott isn’t

successful, we don’t want to give our money to

low-lifes.

 

Here are some common Nestle products you can stop

buying if you’d like to join us.

 

Nescafe, Nestea, all Nestle chocolate, Cheerios, Lucky

Charms, Cocoa Puffs, Quik, Hagen-Dasz, Dreyer's, Baby

Ruth, Carnation, KitKat, Butterfinger, Bit-o-Honey,

Juicy Juice, PowerBar, Stouffer’s, Taster’s Choice,

Turtles, Wonka candy, Hot Pockets, Pop Tarts, Perrier,

Ortega, Libby’s, Lancome, L'Oreal, Kern’s Nectar,

Arrowhead water, Fancy Feast, Friskies, Alpo

 

 

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> 12 oz semi-sweet dark chocolate chips (I used Nestle

> brand)

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[Guest guest]

not to mention that the nestle semi-sweet chips I see

have milk powder in them...

 

and I totally agree taylor. I also boycott companies

with " bad " practices like nestle. Any Proctor and

Gamble product for example ;-)

 

~Mel

 

--- Taylor <veralinnyumsweet wrote:

 

>

> My family boycotts Nestle. Nestle puts greed before

> human life by promoting and selling their infant

> formula in third-world countries.

>

> Untrained workers dressed as nurses go into

> hospitals

> and give free sample formula to new mothers,

> promoting

> formula as more nutritious, though it’s not. As

> mothers use the free sample, their breast milk stops

> flowing. By the time they’re out of the free

> sample,

> their breasts no longer make milk, so they have no

> choice but to buy more formula.

>

> When formula is mixed with dirty water, babies get

> diarrhea and can die. Sometimes formula is diluted

> when the parents can’t afford enough.

>

> Breast milk has special benefits for babies because

> it’s perfectly formulated to give babies just what

> they need. Also, nursing creates a bond between

> baby

> and mother.

>

> Nestle knows the consequences of its actions but

> doesn’t stop. A boycott can be successful if enough

> people work together. Even if the boycott isn’t

> successful, we don’t want to give our money to

> low-lifes.

>

> Here are some common Nestle products you can stop

> buying if you’d like to join us.

>

> Nescafe, Nestea, all Nestle chocolate, Cheerios,

> Lucky

> Charms, Cocoa Puffs, Quik, Hagen-Dasz, Dreyer's,

> Baby

> Ruth, Carnation, KitKat, Butterfinger, Bit-o-Honey,

> Juicy Juice, PowerBar, Stouffer’s, Taster’s Choice,

> Turtles, Wonka candy, Hot Pockets, Pop Tarts,

> Perrier,

> Ortega, Libby’s, Lancome, L'Oreal, Kern’s Nectar,

> Arrowhead water, Fancy Feast, Friskies, Alpo

>

>

> >

> > 12 oz semi-sweet dark chocolate chips (I used

> Nestle

> > brand)

> >

>

> =====

> Be here now.

>

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[Guest guest]

> and I totally agree taylor. I also boycott companies

> with " bad " practices like nestle. Any Proctor and

> Gamble product for example ;-)

>

 

So do we...we work hard to pay attention to what we are buying, what

is in it and how it is made...

 

Your list of Nestle products struck me too...it is surprising and

scary how big some of these companies are! Also interesting, but I

guess not too surprising, is how few of those I'd even consider

purchasing anyway...the nice thing about being veggie/whole

food/environmental/etc!!

 

I thought Nestle had stopped that formula nonsense...though I still

avoid them on basic principle...

 

m

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the info and usually I don't buy major brands.

Unfortunately living in a small town there aren't too many choices,

but next time I will be more aware. Usually I'm pretty careful about

reading labels, I guess I flunked this time.

 

Also, come to think of it, I'm pretty sure that Nestle is now owned

by Philip Morris. So, yet another reason to not buy their products.

 

Well, when we close our house in Oregon, we will finally have some

income and we can buy from the local food club that we've found.

There I will be able to buy all organic and/or enviro/politico

friendly foods.

 

Denise

 

, " melissa_hopp "

<hoppmel@c...> wrote:

 

>

> Your list of Nestle products struck me too...it is surprising and

> scary how big some of these companies are! Also interesting, but I

> guess not too surprising, is how few of those I'd even consider

> purchasing anyway...the nice thing about being veggie/whole

> food/environmental/etc!!

[Guest guest]

>Breast milk has special benefits for babies because

>it's perfectly formulated to give babies just what

>they need. Also, nursing creates a bond between baby

>and mother.

 

While I agree that breast milk is usually best, let's not forget those of

us who'd be dead without infant formula. Some babies cannot tolerate milk

in any form and soy formula is the only answer.

 

Veronica