Ben & Jerry’s Is Sued by Environmental Advocate Over ‘Happy Cows’ Claim

By | November 12, 2019

  • November 12, 2019 at 8:44 am
    ralph says:
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    I’ve seen a lot of cows in my day. None of them looked happy. Mildly amused, sure…but happy? Never. I agree with this lawsuit.

    • November 12, 2019 at 11:28 am
      Fair Playing Field says:
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      I’ve noticed that cows often look mildly bemoosed.

      • November 12, 2019 at 12:50 pm
        ralph says:
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        At the end of the day, the lawyers are going to MILK this one for all it’s worth, though I’m really not sure what’s the BEEF. Personally, it all sounds like a load of BULL to me. They really need to MOOOVE this one out of the court system.

        • November 19, 2019 at 6:55 pm
          MIghtyQuinn says:
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          He’s just trying to skim a bit off the top and butter up his clients.

  • November 12, 2019 at 12:27 pm
    barb wired says:
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    Someone is really going to court to determine if B&J are working with happy cows? I wonder who the expert witnesses determining the state of mind on the cows will be? And who said the courts in the USA have frivolous law suits?

  • November 12, 2019 at 12:54 pm
    KP says:
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    The left going after the left, lol.
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    • November 12, 2019 at 1:11 pm
      Captain Planet says:
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      Conservatives don’t like great tasting ice cream? Why are you making frozen dairy treats political? Can’t we all enjoy some Phish Food when we have the craving? My mom loves Chunky Monkey – only watches Fox News. Should I tell her she needs to opt for another dessert?

      • November 12, 2019 at 3:05 pm
        Fair Playing Field says:
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        I often find Ben & Jerry’s flavors to be a little sweet, even for ice cream, but I love their Pistachio Pistachio.

        • November 14, 2019 at 9:06 am
          Smooth says:
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          I’ve never had Ben & Jerry’s that I can recall. Couldn’t they save space on the carton though? Instead of saying Pistachio Pistachio, wouldn’t it save space to simply call it ‘Ditto’?

  • November 12, 2019 at 1:15 pm
    InsureGuy says:
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    Pathetic waste of taxpayer money. “Consumer Protection” – just another word for “I’ve got nothing better to do and I’m looking to make a name for myself.”

    I love B&J Ice Cream because it tastes good, not because of where the dairy comes from. It’s worth every penny I pay for it.

  • November 12, 2019 at 9:07 pm
    knowall says:
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    I imagine the ‘ happy cows’ are those out on fresh green pasture, grazing contentedly, versus the cows locked up and brought in feed year round. Though they are locked up in group pens they generally get a nice place to bed down and they get pretty much all the high quality feed they need to produce a lot of milk. But if I’ve got my story straight, Omega 3 content in milk is higher in the pasturing group

    There is probably no way they can source enough milk, year round, from the first group, since it only works when it’s warm out. The rest of the year they have to be fed hay and grain too.

    They probably do need to revise their claims of blind naturalness. Most Dairymen try and treat their animals well.

  • November 13, 2019 at 11:09 am
    TxLady says:
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    I thought all the happy cows were in California. Isn’t that what that one TV commercial tells us from the California Milk Advisory Board.

  • November 14, 2019 at 9:14 am
    Smooth says:
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    Does a happy cow make better ice cream? This is worth investigating. What if it turns out only really mad cows make the good stuff? Do we then ban ice cream because it’s psychologically upsetting to the cows? So many things to consider here. I bet you anything that right now, somewhere, there is a group putting together a psychiatry advisory board to testify as to the happiness of the cows.

    I can see it now…. “Mr. Cow, please relax in the chair. I have some pictures to show you. Tell me the first thing that comes to mind when you see them.” (Sees first picture” “Moo” Psychiatrist written evaluation: “Well Judge, the Cows all seem to be highly upset. They all claim to see the same thing with each picture they are shown. That one German cow said “mmuuh”, which obviously means he’s suffering. Stop this ice cream nonsense and get these cows into therapy.”

    I love America.

    • November 14, 2019 at 11:02 am
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      I know fear can have a negative affect on milk, and meat even in some animals like pigs. Maybe joy in cows makes the milk delicious!

      • November 14, 2019 at 12:04 pm
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        Jon – I’m not sure why, but that made me laugh. Maybe the farmers could put tv’s in the field and run old Seinfeld episodes? A little Kevin Hart on Friday evenings and maybe some Big Bang Theory re-runs on the weekends…. I want to see if ice cream from a happier cow can be had. I think we should probably patent this idea.



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