Neil Young Starbucks: rocker accuses coffee chain of supporting the growth and continued production and consumption of GMO foods to and by the public. The rocker now urges all good meaning Americans to stop buying their coffee from Starbucks.
Starbucks has rubbed many people the wrong of late, especially the organic food lovers, including Neil Young. Starbucks moved to court through the umbrella organization general Manufacturers Association (GMA) together with three other plaintiffs to challenge the constitutionality of a recently passed law in Vermont that required the labeling of all GMO foods in the state except for dairy products, meat, alcohol and food served in restaurants. The three other plaintiffs include Snack Food Association, International Dairy Food Association and National Association of Manufacturers.
Through his website, the rocker urged all Americans to boycott Starbucks for their involvement in the suit. "Monsanto might not care what we think -- but as a public-facing company, Starbucks does," Young wrote. "If we can generate enough attention, we can push Starbucks to withdraw its support for the lawsuit, and then pressure other companies to do the same."
The Neil Young Starbucks battle has attracted a lot of debate with many fans of the rocker agreeing to quit Starbucks.
Starbucks, which was very open to LGBT rights and labor issues, shocked many when it was a party to the suit against the labeling of GMOs, which is something long overdue, considering their overflow in the U.S market.
The rocker confessed that he went to Starbucks every morning for his latte but declared he would not do it anymore, especially after the coffee maker chose to fight the labeling of GMO foods, which have been banned in several countries.
There's much more at stake here than just whether GMO foods will be labeled in a single U.S. state. Vermont is the very first state in the U.S. to require labeling. Dozens of other states have said that they will follow this path -- in order to encourage this, we need to ensure that Vermont's law stands strong," he said. Time will tell whether the world will follow in the Neil Young Starbucks boycott.