Billy Mills Olympic Gold 1964

Recently my dad and I went to hear Billy Mills speak. Billy grew up on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. He was even homeless for a while when he moved off to find better work. He won the 10,000 meters race in the Olympics in 1964. Something that really surprised me was what he went through once he started getting on the all U.S. teams. Whenever there was a team photo, he was asked to leave because of his color. I thought it was really cool and inspiring that he worked through so many hard times, including being homeless. I hope I will be able to work as hard as he did to get what he wanted.

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We bought Billy’s book, Lessons Of A Lakota: A Young Man’s Journey to Happiness and Self-Understanding. Billy autographed it for us and wrote, “Follow Your Dream.”

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Billy showed a commercial that aired during the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. The commercial starts at 4:33 in the following video.

You can watch Billy tell his story and watch him win the Olympic Gold in this video.

Over 70 Non-Sponsors and Counting

Woo Hoo!

Over 70 Non-Sponsors and Counting

Monsanto I Am Not A Science Experiment
With more than 10 months until we start our run, we have already established non-partnerships with over 70 non-sponsors.

Following is our current list of non-sponsors and the amount of money they did not contribute to our run across America.

 

 

 

MONSANTO COMPANY
$8,112,069

E.I. DUPONT DE NEMOURS & CO.
$5,400,000

PEPSICO, INC.
$2,145,400

GROCERY MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION
$2,002,000

BASF PLANT SCIENCE
$2,000,000

BAYER CROPSCIENCE
$2,000,000

DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC
$2,000,000

SYNGENTA CORPORATION
$2,000,000

KRAFT FOODS GLOBAL, INC.
$1,950,500

Sure GMOs Are Safe

 

 

 

 

 

NESTLE USA, INC.
$1,461,600

COCA-COLA NORTH AMERICA
$1,455,500

GENERAL MILLS, INC.
$1,230,300

CONAGRA FOODS
$1,176,700

KELLOGG COMPANY
$790,700

SMITHFIELD FOODS, INC.
$683,900

DEL MONTE FOODS COMPANY
$674,100

Say No To Terminator Seeds

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CAMPBELL SOUP COMPANY
$598,000

THE J.M. SMUCKER COMPANY
$555,000

HERSHEY COMPANY
$518,900

H.J. HEINZ COMPANY
$500,000

MARS INCORPORATED
$498,350

HORMEL FOODS CORPORATION
$467,900

Non GMO Project Verified

 

 

 

 

 

UNILEVER
$467,100

BIMBO BAKERIES USA
$422,900

BUMBLE BEE FOODS, LLC
$420,600

OCEAN SPRAY CRANBERRIES, INC.
$409,100

COUNCIL FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY INFORMATION
$375,000

No GMO Field

 

 

 

 

 

SARA LEE CORPORATION
$343,600

PINNACLE FOODS GROUP LLC
$266,100

DEAN FOODS COMPANY
$253,950

BIOTECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY ORGANIZATION
$250,000

BUNGE NORTH AMERICA, INC.
$248,600

MCCORMICK & COMPANY, INC.
$248,200

Monsanto No Food Shall Be Grown That We Don't Own

 

 

 

 

 

 

RICH PRODUCTS CORPORATION
$243,537

ABBOTT NUTRITION
$234,500

CARGILL, INC.
$233,236

FLOWERS FOODS, INC.
$182,100

MONDELEZ INTERNATIONAL
$181,000

DOLE PACKAGED FOODS COMPANY
$171,262

No GMO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WELCH FOODS, INC.
$167,000

KNOUSE FOODS COOPERATIVE, INC.
$160,309

LAND O’LAKES, INC.
$151,535

SUNNY DELIGHT BEVERAGES COMPANY
$134,496

WM. WRIGLEY JR. COMPANY
$116,866

TREE TOP, INC.
$110,600

CLEMENT PAPPAS & COMPANY, INC.
$99,478

Just Say No To GMO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HILLSHIRE BRANDS COMPANY
$85,900

MEAD JOHNSON NUTRITION COMPANY
$80,000

HERO NORTH AMERICA
$79,074

FARIBAULT FOODS, INC.
$76,000

SOLAE, LLC
$59,215

MCCAIN FOODS USA, INC.
$50,593

GODIVA CHOCOLATIER, INC.
$41,788

If You're So Proud Of GMOs, Why Don't You Label Them?

 

 

 

 

 

STARLITE MEDIA LLC
$41,785

B&G FOODS, INC.
$40,000

CLOROX COMPANY
$39,015

BRUCE FOODS CORPORATION
$38,500

GOYA DE PUERTO RICO, INC.
$35,400

C. H. GUENTHER & SON, INC.
$23,402

GOYA FOODS GREAT LAKES
$21,300

GMO Free Europe

 

 

 

 

 

 

MORTON SALT
$20,275

HIRZEL CANNING COMPANY
$14,687

REILY FOODS COMPANY
$13,215

INVENTURE FOODS, INC.
$10,846

SNACK FOOD ASSOCIATION
$10,000

CROPLIFE AMERICA
$9,500

SARGENTO FOODS, INC.
$7,185

No GMO Veggies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IDAHOAN FOODS, LLC
$7,182

MOODY DUNBAR, INC.
$5,000

PCS ADMINISTRATION (USA) INC. (ALSO KNOWN AS ‘POTASHCORP’) PAC (OUT OF STATE PAC)
$2,000

HOUSE-AUTRY MILLS, INC.
$1,077

FOUR K FARMS
$1,000

JMR FARMS, INC.
$1,000

TRI-CAL INC.
$1,000

Just Label It

Together, these companies didn’t contribute $44,927,925 to our run across America to help us raise awareness about the dangers associated with GMOs.

How did we select these fine companies as our premier non-sponsors? These are the companies that contributed to the No on Proposition 37 campaign—the proposition that, if passed, would have mandated labeling on foods with genetically modified ingredients. The dollar amounts shown above are the actual amounts these companies contributed to keep you in dark regarding GMO ingredients. And remember, the money they contributed used to be your money. They spent your money to convince voters like you that you don’t have the right to know what’s in your food.
Say No To GMO

As long as these companies continue to support Monsanto and other bio-tech bullies by contributing money to keep genetically modified products unlabeled, we will do our very best to maintain our non-partnership status and keep our money out of their hands.

We will happily expand this list to include each and every company that opposes our right to know what’s in our food.

We invite you to partner with us. Say no to the corporations that say no to your right to know what’s in your food.

Say no to GMOs!

Say No To GMO Rally

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