Written by: Neil Young
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When I was doing ‘The Monsanto Years’ with Promise of the Real, we were watching Vermont, where Starbucks had voted through the Grocery Manufacturers Association to take away Vermont voters’ rights to know which foods had GMOs in them. The people of Vermont had voted for GMO labeling and Starbucks had helped to overturn the vote through strong arm politics and the GMA. To me, Starbucks was overturning the people’s will in this case. Obviously, Starbucks was using GMO coffee and did not want their valued customers to know what they were drinking everyday. This offended me. I have not been back to Starbucks since that day. When they start labeling their GMO coffee as such, I will visit their outlets again, looking for organic coffee, the safest coffee to drink every day. Neil Young NYA - Now Showing in the Hearse Theater April 10, 2019
I was pissed at Starbucks for using GMOs and not owning up to it, helping to fight the people in Vermont, who had voted agains GMOs - banning them in their state. Monsanto, who fought to defeat the will of the people, helped by Starbucks, was under attack everywhere and they deserved it. Starbucks has an image in the public and it’s not the image that represents what they really do. That’s why i wrote this song. Neil Young NYA - Now Showing in the Hearse Theater December 14, 2020
When I was doing ‘The Monsanto Years’ with Promise of the Real, we were watching Vermont, where Starbucks had voted through the Grocery Manufacturers Association to take away Vermont voters’ rights to know which foods had GMOs in them. The people of Vermont had voted for GMO labeling and Starbucks had helped to overturn the vote through strong arm politics and the GMA. To me, Starbucks was overturning the people’s will in this case. Obviously, Starbucks was using GMO coffee and did not want their valued customers to know what they were drinking everyday. This offended us. I have not been back to Starbucks since that day. When they start labeling their GMO coffee as such, I will visit their outlets again, looking for organic coffee, the safest coffee to drink every day. Neil Young NYA - Now Showing in the Hearse Theater February 24, 2021
A Rock Star Bucks A Coffee Shop
Session Date:February 11, 2015
Studio:Teatro, Oxnard, CA
Produced by:Neil Young & John Hanlon
Recording type:Studio
Mono/Stereo:stereo
Length:4:58
Musicians:Neil Young: vocals, electric guitar, whistle Lukas Nelson: guitar, whistle, vocals Micah Nelson: guitar, whistle, vocals Anthony LoGerfo: drums Corey McCormick: bass, whistle, vocals Tato Melgar: percussion
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The Monsanto Years Neil Young Released: 2015-06-29

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