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02/21/2003 Entry: "Boycotting Fieldale Factory Farms Corporation"

I'm not buying any chicken from Fieldale Farms Corporation because they paid Georgia representative Nathan Deal $4000 so they can claim their chicken is organic when it is not fed organic feed.

Fieldale Farms was fined $7000 recently for failing to guard their conveyor line. What sort of farm is it that needs a conveyor line ? Maybe they should rename the corporation to "Fieldale Factory Farms Corporation".

Fieldale has a private label which shields them from an appropriate market backlash for their shennanigans. As a result, you may end up buying Fieldale even if you're trying to avoid them. Better to not buy chicken at all, or better yet support groups like Wholesome Harvest who are trying to exceed, not undermine, organic standards. It looks like they're working on a CSA service...

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