First post in SOooo long - sorry. Life rocks along. Just a quick note to say that if you think writing letters and signing petitions doesn't work, guess again. Especially when it involves a company that depends of a good public image for success. Below is a reply I just received from General Mills:

Dear Mr. Taylor

Thank you for contacting us to express your concern regarding the use of milk from cows treated with rBST/rBGH in our Yoplait yogurt products. We have listened to your concerns and are writing to inform you that Yoplait products no longer source milk from cows treated with rBST/rBGH.

Although the U.S. Food and Drub Administration (FDA), the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the National Institutes of Health remain fully confident in the safety of products made from milk sourced from cows treates with rBST, Yoplait took the initiative to change its milk sourcing to provide consumers with the option to choose a category-leading yogurt with milk produced by cows not treated with rBST/rBGH.

Thank you for expressing your concerns to us, we take our consumers views very seriously. Enclosed is a certificate for a FREE cup of Yoplait Yogurt as a token of our gratitude.

Please not that some but not all of our packages will indicate this change. Rest assured that all of our products, as of August1, 2009, meet this standard.

We hope uyou continue to enjoy Yoplait Yogurt.

Sincerely

The Yoplait Team

This is excellent news. As we have seen so many times before, once one company gets on the right path, others can be more readily persuaded to follow.