We need help in Tennessee to stop an effort by the agricultural company Tanimura & Antle to buy 110 acres of land in Overton County for the purpose of building a facilities to hydroponically grow lettuce. Certain county officials want to sell land that was purchased by the county for $1,110,000 acre approximately six (6) years ago to this company for $400,000. The land is now probably worth approximately $2,220,000.

This company strongly supported the illegal alien protests on May 1, 2006.

Here is a link to a USA Today article about the protests on May 1, 2006, by illegal aliens.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/200 ... -day_x.htm

Below is a copy of a portion of that article:

• About half the 1,600 hourly workers at Tanimura & Antle, a large vegetable grower in Salinas, Calif., took the day off. "We sat down with everybody and talked to them and supported them in what they wanted to do," said Ken Silveira, company president.

The telephone number for Overton County Mayor Kenneth Copeland is (931) 823-5638.

Here is a copy of a list of company contacts at Tanimura & Antle:

Rick Bravo
Vice President, Sales and Marketing
P.O. Box 4070
Salinas, CA 93912-4070
831-455-2950
rickbravo@taproduce.com

Lara Grossman
Director of Marketing and Business Development
P.O. Box 4070
Salinas, CA 93912-4070
831-455-2950
larag@taproduce.com

Ken Silveira
President
Chief Operating Officer
P.O. Box 4070
Salinas, CA 93912-4070
831-455-2950
Ken@taproduce.com

Rick Antle
Chief Executive Officer
P.O. Box 4070
Salinas, CA 93912-4070
831-455-2950
rick@taproduce.com

Bob Nielsen
Senior Vice President
Chief Administrative Officer
P.O. Box 4070
Salinas, CA 93912-4070
831-455-3628
rrn@taproduce.com

Esmee Williams
Vice President
Allrecipes.com
3317 3rd Ave South
Seattle, WA 98134
206-436-7416
esmee@allrecipes.com