In article , Persephone
wrote:

On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 01:49:50 -0600, Pennyaline
wrote:

Persephone wrote:
At this Web site

http://suedbyscotts.com/

you will find details of an infamous lawsuit by
Scott's against tiny Terracycle, a company
that sells liquid worm poop.

Many of us use worm castings or liquid version
in our gardens; we know how efficacious it is.

Why giant Scott's would take out after a tiny
organic company that is no threat to their market
share is hard to fathom.

But if you go to the Web site and read up on the
history, you may be as upset as moi with the unfairness
of the lawsuit. Perhaps you will take a minute to send
Terracycle a message of support.

Camel is trying to get its nose into the tent...

Note: This came to my attention via the Jim Hightower
newsletter. Jim is a good ole' boy who gleefully outs the
"malefactors of great wealth", aka the bad guys, in his monthly
newsletter. Go to http://jimhightower.com/

Persephone



Terracycle's packaging is very similar is color and design to Scott's.
Scott's is concerned that consumers will misperceive the Terracycle
product for the more familiar Scott's and mistake it for a Scott's product.

No it isn't -- similar, that is. Scott's doesn't have WORM POOP in
huge letters on their packages! Go to both Web sites and you will
see that Scott greatly exaggerates the "similarity"

But why this means that Scott's must destroy Terracycle is beyond me.

They hope to destroy Terracycle because consumers that have half
a brain will buy T. instead. Even so, most consumers don't have
even 1/4 brain, and will keep on buying heavily-advertised chemical
Scott. So the real reason isn't the packaging, obviously!

Persephone

It may be rue that Miracle Grow has organic products but what I see are
their fertilizer salts that can kill garden microbes that feed your
plants and leave you stuck with a simple N-P-K to feed your malnourished
plants. See
http://www.amazon.com/Teaming-Microb.../dp/0881927775
/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-6184622-6467032?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1188451121&sr=1-
1. Best book I've found on garden soil.
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Billy

Get up, stand up, stand up for yor rights.
Get up, stand up, Don't give up the fight.
- Bob Marley