[Community_garden] Not sure that Burpee has sold out

[adam36055 at aol.com]

Then we should ask. 
 
Adam
 
 
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From: libby at igc.org
To: adam36055 at aol.com
Cc: community_garden at list.communitygarden.org
Sent: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 9:50 PM
Subject: Re: Not sure that Burpee has sold out


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. 
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> 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. 
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> 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. 
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> 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.) 
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> 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 
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> http://www.saveseeds.org/biography/ball_geo_jr.html 
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