On Mon, 28 May 2012 16:51:17 -0700, Billy
wrote:

In article ,
Boron Elgar wrote:

On Mon, 28 May 2012 10:13:44 -0700, Billy
wrote:

In article ,
Boron Elgar wrote:

On Mon, 28 May 2012 11:00:22 -0400, "Steve Peek"
wrote:

I would never spend a penny with Burpee/Monsanto.


Take off your tinfoil hat - it has fried your brain.

http://www.burpee.com/gygg/content.j...t-burpee-seeds

As Mr. Ball says in defense of Burpee ownership. For the record, I own
W. Atlee Burpee & Co. Burpee is NOT owned by Monsanto. We do purchase a
small number of seeds from the garden seed department of Seminis, a
Monsanto subsidiary, and so do our biggest competitors.

I am perfectly capable of reading the web links I use for citation. I
stand by what I say, too.

You can go back to reading whatever you like, as I have no further need
of you. I'm glad to read that you are literate, but I was addressing
others as to what is a salient point to me, and that is dealing with the
enemy.

"The enemy"? Whoa, there, buddy, I think you're trying to prove you're
one slice short of a sandwich.

You may harbor any thoughts and feelings you want about me or
Monsanto. I've no objection but you're implications that Burpee
should be shunned due to purchases through Seminis, even though
Burpee have nothing to do themselves with GMO seeds, takes it down a
nonsensical path.


Fedco Drops Monsanto/Seminis

We responded to the news by polling our customers. Should we drop the
Seminis/Monsanto line, phase it out, keep it but give it its own
customer code, or maintain it without change? We received an
unprecedented 1,157 responses. 54.8% voted for us to drop the
Seminis/Monsanto line immediately, and an additional 17% to phase it out
over time.


And what does an unscientific poll conducted by Fedco have to do with
Burpee seeds?
Let's call it a democratic choice.

No, the poll is marketing, not "democratic choice." The poll would
had to have been conducted in a representative way to yield valid and
reliable results insofar as polling, but even if it were, it would
have nothing to do with democratic choice. Fedco is not a government.

Fedco, on the other hand, *can* do whatever the hell they want in
their business and give any or no reason for it. You, then, are free
to buy from them or not, based on any or no reason whatsoever.

Fedco has annual sales of $3 million. Burpee has sales somewhere
between $30 and $50 million.

Boron