Over 70 Non-Sponsors and Counting

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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

Sitka Conservation Society Food Film Festival

Big thanks to the Sitka Conservation Society for hosting the first ever Sitka Food Movie Extravaganza this past weekend. As a Certified Foodie as well as a movie-loving guy who’s usually too busy to sit down and watch a movie, I blocked out the weekend to watch the following food related movies: Ingredients, The End of the Line, Two Angry Moms, Food Fight, Bitter Seeds, Food Stamped, and The Economics of Happiness.

Bitter Seeds

Each was excellent! And each deserves a full review. But for now I’m going to place them all together in a large bowl, mix them up a bit, and present them as I might a rich, colorful, organic salad.

Our food system has run amuck. Corporate greed, government subsidies, globalization, and deregulation have resulted in massive job losses, suicides, poor health, obesity, pollution, extinctions, waste, and the like.

The solution? Return to the foods of our great-grandparents. Eat from the garden, and when possible, eat from a local garden. And if you eat animals, choose local, natural, and humane as much as possible.

David and I enjoyed sitting in on a Roundtable Discussion Saturday evening focused on Sitka’s Food Resiliency. Great people, skills, knowledge, and passion!

David and I have chosen to promote GMO awareness as we run across America. So I’ll leave you with these thoughts:

Some 250,000 Indian farmers have committed suicide in recent years. There are many reasons for this ongoing tragedy. One main reason is Monsanto. Monsanto—the same company that told us that Agent Orange, PCBs, DDT are safe—powered its way into Indian cotton fields, replacing conventional cotton with patented genetically modified cotton.

Indian farmers live on the edge of life and ruin. A rainstorm can make the difference between barely enough and not nearly enough. With promises of higher yields, farmers buy Bt cotton seeds which, in fact, produces less cotton in variable weather conditions. Less cotton means less money to pay back high interest loans, and less money to purchase another season’s worth of high priced Bt cotton seeds. (Saving seeds violates the Monsanto license.) The shame of financial ruin drives Indian farmers to commit suicide at a rate of one every half hour. Drinking Monsanto pesticide is a common method.

India’s Supreme Court is now considering a ten-year moratorium on GM crop trials. Other countries have already banned GMOs. Over 50 countries require labeling of GM ingredients.

Why can’t we get GMOs labeled in the US? Because Monsanto lobbyists and employees infest the halls of the US government like mealy worms infest the fields of Indian Bt cotton.

Monsanto is a worldwide plague. Don’t believe their promises of increased yields, decreased pesticide use, or feeding the world. Don’t drink their pesticide.

Institute For Responsible Technology has been leading the fight against GMOs and Monsanto for many, many years. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

Please watch the following excerpt from the movie, Genetic Roulette, to learn more about the devastating effects of Bt cotton in India.

David and I are running the country because it’s not right that Monsanto is running the country.

We would love to have you join us in our adventure.

Run with us!

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