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What happened when you called Starbucks about switching over to non-rBGH milk today, per the Call-In Day put together by Food and Water Watch?

I just called, pressed 0 to get a live person, and had a lil chat with a rep called Bronwen. I said I was calling to request that Starbucks switch over to non-rBGH milk.

To my surprise, Bronwen said: “We feel the same way.”

She then said that Starbucks has been having a hard time switching over to non-rBGH milk, because there’s a bit of a shortage. She said that at the moment, 27% of Starbucks’ milk is non-rBGH. By January 2007, the goal’s to get up to 37%, then to get to 100% by end of 2007.

So it looks like Starbucks is taking action, which I’m happy to hear about! Food & Water Watch will need to keep an eye on the situation to make sure the switch happens, but hopefully, in about a year from now, we’ll be able to declare a full victory –

Update: Here’s the Food and Water Watch’s coverage of the action, complete with video and cute pics :) Apparently, Starbucks gave them the same 27% and 37% numbers, but didn’t say anything about going 100%…

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