ORGANIC
BYTES READERS TALK BACK:

OCA Reader Writes: In the last issue of Organic Bytes, one of
your readers’ posted comments was incorrect. On behalf of our
Fair Trade friends at Divine chocolate I should mention that Nestle
does not in fact own part of them. That was true very briefly
when L’oreal (which is 25% owned by Nestle) bought the Body Shop.
But Nestle quickly donated the Body Shop’s ownership stake in
Divine to the Ghanania cocoa co-op Kuapa Kokoo (who already owned
1/3 of Divine). Besides, Divine’s is not an organic brand in the
first place. see: http://www.divinechocolateusa.com/divinerange.htm

EATING
ETHANOL PRODUCTION WASTE?
COWS AREN’T GARBAGE DISPOSALS
OCA Reader Writes: In Organic Bytes Issue #115, the first talk
back response comes from a reader who uses corn mash leftover
from ethanol production as cow feed. This may sound like a logical
form of recycling, however, cow’s aren’t garbage disposals and
should be out in pasture eating their ideal diet of grass. In
addition to being more humane, much has been written (http://www.eatwild.com/basics.html
for example) about the health advantages & environmental benefits,
of ruminant animals allowed to pasture. In addition, many models
have been proposed whereby pasturing allows for optimum soil health,
and in the application of permaculture, is a more sustainable
long term solution to feeding the world.

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to readers: If you have questions or comments about issues
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