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08-15-2012, 07:54 PM #1
Big Pesticide, Food Companies Spend $10 Million To Fight Honest Food Labels
Big Pesticide, Food Companies Spend $10 Million to Fight Honest Food Labels
Press Release: Monday, August 13, 2012
For More Information Contact: Stacy Malkan (510) 542-9224
New campaign finance reports show that pesticide and processed food companies just contributed nearly $10 million to oppose Proposition 37, which would require labeling of genetically engineered foods.
According to the California Secretary of State disclosure forms, the largest of these contributions come from Dupont Pioneer ($2,441,500), Bayer Cropscience ($1,064,000) and BASF Plant Science ($996,500). Other contributions include $500,000 each from Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Nestle USA, General Mills and ConAgra.
“These corporations are desperate to keep us from finding out what’s really in our food,” said Stacy Malkan, Media Director for California Right to Know. “They will not prevail. This is America. We have the right to know what’s in the food we eat and feed our children.”
The huge contributions from pesticide and seed companies, now topping $7 million with the new donations, shine light on a little known fact about genetically engineered foods.
“Rather than reducing the need for hazardous pesticides, herbicide-resistant seeds have driven a massive increase in herbicide use that has been linked to significant environmental and public health concerns,” explains Marcia Ishii-Eiteman, PhD, senior scientist at Pesticide Action Network, in a statement supporting Proposition 37.
“It’s clear that genetically engineered, herbicide-resistant seeds are the growth engines of the pesticide industry’s sales and marketing strategy. These seeds are part of a technology package explicitly designed to facilitate increased, indiscriminate herbicide use and pump up chemical sales,” said Dr. Ishii-Eiteman.
According to a 2009 report by Chuck Benbrook, PhD, farmers applied 318 million more pounds of pesticides over the first 13 years of commercial GE crop production (1996-200, as a direct result of planting genetically engineered seeds. “GE crops are pushing pesticide use upward at a rapidly accelerating pace,” wrote Benbrook, chief scientist of the Organic Center, in the report summary.
For more information about the Yes on 37 California Right to Know campaign, please see: www.CaRighttoKnow.org.
Details regarding the new contributions against Proposition 37 are below.
NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR CITY STATE/ZIP AMOUNT DUPONT PIONEER JOHNSTON IA / 50131 $2,441,500.00BAYER CROPSCIENCE RESEARCH TRIANGLE PA NC / 27709 $1,064,000.00BASF PLANT SCIENCE RESEARCH TRIANGLE PA NC / 27709 $996,500.00PEPSICO, INC. PURCHASE NY / 10577 $500,000.00NESTLE USA, INC. GLENDALE CA / 91203 $500,000.00GENERAL MILLS, INC. GOLDEN VALLEY MN / 55426 $500,000.00CONAGRA FOODS OMAHA NE / 68102 $500,000.00COCA-COLA NORTH AMERICA ATLANTA GA / 30313 $500,000.00SYNGENTA CORPORATION WASHINGTON DC / 20005 $498,000.00THE J.M. SMUCKER COMPANY ORRVILLE OH / 44667 $367,604.16BIMBO BAKERIES USA HORSHAM PA / 19044 $320,516.72DEL MONTE FOODS COMPANY SAN FRANCISCO CA / 94111 $175,574.33KNOUSE FOODS COOPERATIVE, INC. PEACH GLEN PA / 17375 $131,409.01WM. WRIGLEY JR. COMPANY CHICAGO IL / 60610 $116,865.91HERSHEY COMPANY HERSHEY PA / 17033 $102,906.72MARS FOOD NORTH AMERICA RANCHO DOMINGUEZ CA / 90220 $100,242.69BUMBLE BEE FOODS, LLC SAN DIEGO CA / 92123 $98,073.62HORMEL FOODS CORPORATION AUSTIN MN / 55912 $94,380.71OCEAN SPRAY CRANBERRIES, INC. LAKEVILLE-MIDDLEBORO MA / 02349 $94,311.63SUNNY DELIGHT BEVERAGES COMPANY CINCINNATI OH / 45242 $93,795.90SARA LEE CORPORATION DOWNERS GROVE IL / 60515 $89,493.16KELLOGG COMPANY BATTLE CREEK MI / 49016 $82,299.57PINNACLE FOODS GROUP LLC PARSIPPANY NJ / 07054 $69,307.71DEAN FOODS COMPANY DALLAS TX / 75204 $66,143.16CAMPBELL SOUP COMPANY CAMDEN NJ / 08103 $65,114.35MCCORMICK & COMPANY, INC. SPARKS MD / 21152 $64,645.53SOLAE, LLC SAINT LOUIS MO / 63110 $59,214.59RICH PRODUCTS CORPORATION BUFFALO NY / 14213 $58,070.74CARGILL, INC. WAYZATA MN / 55391 $52,069.51MCCAIN FOODS USA, INC. LISLE IL / 60532 $50,592.94DOLE PACKAGED FOODS COMPANY WESTLAKE VILLAGE CA / 91362 $45,580.05C. H. GUENTHER & SON, INC. SAN ANTONIO TX / 78291 $23,401.61LAND O'LAKES, INC. ARDEN HILLS MN / 55126 $21,513.78HERO NORTH AMERICA AMSTERDAM NY / 12010 $21,044.96GODIVA CHOCOLATIER, INC. NEW YORK NY / 10017 $11,121.53MORTON SALT CHICAGO IL / 60606 $5,396.06Total $9,980,690.65Join our efforts to Secure America's Borders and End Illegal Immigration by Joining ALIPAC's E-Mail Alerts network (CLICK HERE)
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