I guess it can be considered a UK company now but it's both a dutch and British company in terms of roots and origin. It's still considered both globally even though it's based on London. If I move to Europe in 2020 I'm not European. 😉

This is simply incorrect. Nestle doesn't "own" Starbucks.

Nestle doesn't own Starbucks, they simply are licensed to sell and distribute Starbucks products.

Yes

Market collection & controlled disposal and charge for taking it away so it doesn't spread from cuttings?

While unions are good, Nestle owns Starbucks and nestle is bad.

ETA- fair enough, the US stores and the coffee they serve there is Starbucks and not nestle, it’s privately owned by Howard Schultz. Nestle has rights to sell SB “ready to drink” coffee in a couple foreign markets as well as SB branded packaged coffee.

I'd be looking at buying during two parts of the season- spring/early summer and then before fall;

Initial cutting would get a higher price with squash planting, and I would handle drying/processing in order to get the right moisture content.

Edit: removal at certain points depletes the rhizome and allows for better suppression

Haha true

Well ya. This post is just for anyone who has already made up their mind to be a Starbucks customer

Oh I know!

No, in 2020 it adopted a fully British.

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Are you looking for dried stalks? I don't think you'd get the removal benefit unless you were processing the roots. Harvesting dried stalks at the end of the season may actually promote knotweed stand growth since they like growing under full sun.

If you offered a removal service you would be booked out forever. Don't offer to pay for removal at all. Having been battling it for about 35 years I still have not found a good method for total eradication. Shit always comes back.

That's good to know. :-)

Fun fact. One in Six Starbucks in the State of Vermont is now Unionized.

I certainly can. What I don't understand is lecturing other people about their dog, especially when doing so is at least a little hypocritical. The basic argument is you shouldn't buy a dog when many already need homes. Lots of kids need homes, and people who adopt kids generally don't lecture others about it. Very long winded way of saying I find the "adopt don't shop" people annoying and I don't have pets.

Why does this douchebag deserve special treatment?

Unilever owns Ben and Jerry's now and it is based in the netherlands. I've done security at the ben and jerrys factories in VT before and can confirm that the ice cream is made in vermont

Oh nice will do!

I'm pretty conflicted about it, really. I'm on the old side and we have always gotten rescues. My kid (16) is kind of in love with the idea of a golden and as we descend into old age and relative infirmity (I'm in my 50s but FEEL older) the idea of a purposefully bred dog without baggage kinda appeals. I love every dog we've ever gotten from a rescue or animal control but they can be a handful. We will see in all likelihood we won't follow through with this purebred thing cause we are suckers for a weird looking shelter dog.

(shrugs) I mean it was always ‘too much’ ingredients if anything right? We walked across that creaky uneven floor, reached into the cooler, grabbed one, paid our $2 and never had a bad pint!?

Unsure! I haven't priced everything out yet, but I'm looking at grant money from the state and federal levels to combat watershed erosion.

Better yet, make coffee at home and bring it with you.

Sure! I’ll go plant some now. See you in the fall! /s

How can you make any money by paying 50 cents per pound and turning it into pellets when a bag of pellets that weighs 40 lbs costs $8

Liberal bukkake