[Community_garden] Not sure that Burpee has sold out

[Libby J. Goldstein]

Indeed.
On Jan 10, 2007, at 10:16 PM, adam36055 at aol.com wrote:

> Then we should ask.
>  
> Adam
>  
>   
>  -----Original Message-----
>  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. 
>  >   
>  > 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 
>  >   
>  >   
>  >   
>  >   
>  >   
>  > -----Original Message----- 
>  > From: libby at igc.org 
>  > To: community_garden at list.communitygarden.org 
>  > 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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