Scotts execs were surprised that consumers were turned off when told Organic Choice soil contained pasteurized chicken waste, which Scotts gets from a Perdue factory in Seaford, Del.
Lawyers for Perdue, which owned the chickens, and the Hudson family said chicken manure wasn't getting out in great enough amounts to pollute, and farmer Alan Hudson testified that he took steps to avoid pollution and to keep the manure in chicken houses.