Are Silk Soybeans Coming from China?

[Guest guest]

I just found this article a few days ago, written in April of 2007 and

wondered if anyone else knows any more about this before I do more

research. Here's part of the article - the link to the entire article

is below that. My family loves Silk and I would hate to have to change

soymilks since the ones I've tried have not tasted as good to us as Silk.

 

" Ronnie: Here is another point that you might think about: for those

people who do not drink dairy milk, but who buy organic soy milk, the

leading organic soy milk brand in the United States is Silk. Many

consumers have no idea that Silk - just like Horizon Organic Milk -

was bought out by this giant conglomerate, Dean Foods.

 

Silk used to buy their organic soybeans from U.S. and Canadian organic

soybean farmers, and they paid them a decent price - $16 to $21 a

bushel - for these organic soybeans. Well, now that Dean Foods has

bought out Silk, they are starting to import cheap, so-called organic

soybeans from China, where the workers are treated like slaves and

organic standards are dubious. Or, they are importing soybeans from

Brazil where there is a huge uproar over the fact that people are

whacking down the Amazon - the lungs of the planet - in order to plant

export crops, specifically soybeans, to export. "

 

http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_4710.cfm

 

Thanks,

Laura in MO

[Guest guest]

I have not heard this, but am interested.  Silk is the brand we purchase, but I

am comfortable switching to the store-brand organic sy milk if necessary.  We

rarely use the box in a week.

Cassie

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

--- On Wed, 12/3/08, Laura <redmountaindragon wrote:

Laura <redmountaindragon

Are Silk Soybeans Coming from China?

 

Wednesday, December 3, 2008, 3:21 PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I just found this article a few days ago, written in April of 2007

and

 

wondered if anyone else knows any more about this before I do more

 

research. Here's part of the article - the link to the entire article

 

is below that. My family loves Silk and I would hate to have to change

 

soymilks since the ones I've tried have not tasted as good to us as Silk.

 

 

 

" Ronnie: Here is another point that you might think about: for those

 

people who do not drink dairy milk, but who buy organic soy milk, the

 

leading organic soy milk brand in the United States is Silk. Many

 

consumers have no idea that Silk - just like Horizon Organic Milk -

 

was bought out by this giant conglomerate, Dean Foods.

 

 

 

Silk used to buy their organic soybeans from U.S. and Canadian organic

 

soybean farmers, and they paid them a decent price - $16 to $21 a

 

bushel - for these organic soybeans. Well, now that Dean Foods has

 

bought out Silk, they are starting to import cheap, so-called organic

 

soybeans from China, where the workers are treated like slaves and

 

organic standards are dubious. Or, they are importing soybeans from

 

Brazil where there is a huge uproar over the fact that people are

 

whacking down the Amazon - the lungs of the planet - in order to plant

 

export crops, specifically soybeans, to export. "

 

 

 

http://www.organicc onsumers. org/articles/ article_4710. cfm

 

 

 

Thanks,

 

Laura in MO