[Community_garden] Not sure that Burpee has sold out

[Libby J. Goldstein]

Interesting analysis, but are Burpee selling Seminis' gene-altered  
seeds? I think that's the question al lot of gardeners would like to  
have answered.

Libby

On Jan 10, 2007, at 9:41 PM, adam36055 at aol.com wrote:

> I'm not sure, because the issue is corporate branding.
>  
> In other words, Brooks Brothers has been owned by all kinds companies  
> in the last few years, as has Land's End, and both companies have been  
> maintained as separate and distinctive brands - there is no value in  
> them being Marks & Spencer, or Sears, because Brooks and Marks &  
> Land's End clients don't want what the corporate owner sell under  
> their own names.
>  
> The value of Burpee to Seminis and Monsanto would be the cash flow  
> that it brings in from folks like us for Burpee branded items.  I'm  
> not planning to stop buying Burpee branded items as they're the same  
> as they have traditionally been.
>  
> And it's always possible that Seminis might want to spin off Burpee at  
> some later date - any of us have the dough to buy it? ( I don't,  
> certainly, but you never know who will walk into your community  
> garden.)
>  
> Best wishes,
> Adam Honigman
>  
>  
>  
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>   
>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: libby at igc.org
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>  Sent: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 9:17 PM
>  Subject: [Community_garden] I guess Burpee has sold out
>
> http://www.saveseeds.org/biography/ball_geo_jr.html
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