How much worse can Horizon Organic get? Obviously, they want their products labeled “organic” so people will purchase them, but they don’t seem to care about anything else.  Why wouldn’t they want to end a boycott of their products by just doing the right thing?

“We have acted in good faith and have notified Horizon on what they need to do for OCA to end the boycott. It seems the constructive dialogue we had with mediator Michael Funk, CEO United Natural Foods has been cut off,” says Ronnie Cummins, Executive Director of the Organic Consumers Association. “It is up to Horizon to decide if they are going to comply with consumer expectations and make sure that their milk is truly organic, or if they are going to continue to exploit loopholes in the USDA NOP (National Organic Program) to sell sham organic milk.”

Read the article.

What a shameful company. I will never purchase any of their products ever again. (This article frustrated me so much I don’t even know what to say.)