punishments can include far more severe implements. Group members do not send their children to college, believing that, "college is [not] a healthy environment, either for learning or social development." Environment 12 Tribes blames the Green Revolution in significant part for massive social upheaval and the breakdown of the nuclear family. They point to the increased agricultural productivity of the 20th century as a force pushing women to work outside the home and other forms of social disconnection. They practice only organic agriculture and object to the allowance of genetically modified crops under organic standards. Even when comparing themselves to other religious groups, they negatively compare others to genetically modified seeds and themselves positively to the pre-existing, natural genetic background of a crop. Businesses The Twelve Tribes attempts to support itself through means that allow its members to work together, without the need to seek outside employment. Businesses the group owns and operates include: Parchment Press: A printing company offering printing services, and also printing and selling the group's literature. BOJ Construction: a general contractor based in Plymouth, Massachusetts and operating nationally Commonwealth Construction: construction contracting, primarily in the Southeastern US Greener Formulas: A soap and bodycare research and development firm with ties to its other business, Common Sense Farm Common Sense Farm: A soap and bodycare products manufacturing and distribution facility located on the group's farm in Cambridge, New York Simon the Tanner: a chain of shoe stores/outdoor outfitters, currently with locations in New Hampshire and Vermont Maté Factor: a yerba mate import company that also runs two cafes, in Manitou Springs, Colorado and Savannah, Georgia Tribal Trading: an organic foods distribution company based in Irún, Spain A farm in Kansas. A construction business in Colorado. For that particular community, the construction industry is their main financial success. The group also runs restaurant chains: Yellow Deli Restaurants Common Ground Cafe Restaurants Controversies Since its inception, the group has ignited controversy and garnered unfavorable attention from the media, the anti-cult movement and governments. New England Institute of Religious Research's Executive Director the Rev. Bob Pardon warns in his report that "Messianic Communities, under the leadership of Spriggs, has tended towards an extreme authoritarianism" and a "Galatian heresy." The Tribes have responded with a line-by-line response to the report and they continue to contest its large "errors, distortions, misunderstandings, and misjudgments", while criticizing the heavy use of apostates in his report.