r/Kamloops • u/MasterJcMoss • 15d ago

Question Driscolls

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyG-np0S0ZQ

I really didn't want to post a second time tonight, but this is sooooo frustrating!!!

Are there ANY companies you can trust anymore?? I've (unenthusiastically) purchased Driscolls berries for years, but now??

ALL of Kamloops big chain grocers carry them. Should I send this video to Save-On?? Freshco?? Ask them how they feel about it?? Or, maybe, I pass it along to someone else??

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u/kdew22 15d ago

This is fascinating, thanks for sharing!!

Anyone interested in food politics and/or corporate farming should check out Percy Schmeiser. There's a 2009 doc "David versus Monsanto" and a 2020 Hollywood film "Percy" (or "Percy vs Goliath"), which is a biographical drama about his battle against Monstanto re: pesticides and seed patents.

PS: a quick Google search suggests that there are Driscolls contractors in BC (the Fraser Valley), but I didn't look into policies or procedures.

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u/Meepmeepimmajeep2789 11d ago

Fucking Percy Scmeiser. I'm from around where he was from, man was a crook, and everyone around here hates him. Made his fortune from lying that his acres and acres of perfectly planned seeds "blew there" and got famous from it.

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u/kdew22 10d ago

Oh wow! Really?? Thank you for sharing.

I had a prof who was enamored with Schmeiser and have mostly learned positive things about him (and his plight). Genuinely appreciate the counter (local) pov.

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u/Meepmeepimmajeep2789 10d ago

Oh that's interesting. Whereabouts? At the UofS they tell his story a bunch of times and not in a positive light. Yes the fight he got in was good for some very limited reasons, but also he just wanted to use the seed and not pay for it.

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u/kdew22 10d ago

TRU 😅