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On Wednesday, genetically modified foods giant Monsanto announced that’s selling its dairy hormone business. Apparently the earlier campaigns to stop the sale of milk from cows that had been given rBGH hormone (that’s a bovine growth hormone) have finally paid off. (For more about those campaigns: see past blog posts about growth hormones in cows and the milk label battle).

A spokeswoman for Monsanto refuses to admit that consumers forced the shift in strategy and insists that the sale of the hormone, called Posilac, was strong, but with Wal-Mart, Kroger, Publix, and Dean Foods all selling milk from hormone-free cows, the market share for hormone-laden milk must have been affected.

Anyway, Monsanto is now shifting gears to focus on the genetically modified seed market. Anyone ready to take on another cause?

For more information, read the New York Times or The Ethicurean coverage of the topic.

Photo from a Seed to Plate article about drinking organic milk.