Food giants pour millions into defeating Washington GMO label measureReuters - 2 hours ago A consortium that includes General Mills, Nestle USA, PepsiCo, Monsanto,, DuPont and other corporate giants, are the key contributors to the nearly $22 million raised to campaign against the bill.Monsanto, the world's largest seed company and top ... More money pours into Wash. food labeling fightMiamiHerald.com - 10 hours ago Monsanto Co. gave $540,000 on Monday to No on 522, bringing the company's total contributions to nearly $5.4 million. Monsanto is the second highest contributor fighting the measure. A political committee formed by the Washington, D.C.-based Grocery ... Monsanto antes up $540000 more to fight I-522Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) - 7 hours ago Monsanto has poured in another $540,000 to fight Initiative 522, bringing to $5.374 million the agribusiness giant's contributions to defeat the Washington ballot initiative, which would require labeling of genetically engineered foods, seeds and seed stocks ... Washington state voters are about to weigh in on a multi-million dollar food fightWashington Post (blog) - 14 hours ago At least two-thirds of lobbying spending so far—roughly $18 million—came from just two genetically-modified seed makers, Monsanto and DuPont, according to Bloomberg. The food-industry political action committee Grocery Manufacturers Association also ... Foes of food-labeling Initiative 522 set funding recordThe Seattle Times - Oct 28, 2013 Other top donors to the No campaign include biochemical companies Monsanto ($4.8 million), DuPont Pioneer ($3.9 million), Bayer Cropscience and Dow Agrosciences ($592,000 each). Meantime, the Yes on I-522 Committee has raised $6.3 million so far, ... GMO labeling campaigns get expensive as poll shows tight raceKIRO Seattle - 12 hours ago Those companies include Monsanto, whose website explains that they produce seed brands and in-the-seed trait technologies to help farmers protect their yield. Another large donor, Dupont Pioneer, touts products that help maximize productivity and ... Monsanto dumps another $540000 into Wash. food labeling fightKING5.com - 5 hours ago SEATTLE -- Biotechnology giant Monsanto Co. on Monday dumped another $540,000 to fight a Washington state ballot measure requiring genetically engineered foods be labeled. The group opposing Initiative 522 has now raised nearly $22 million, setting a ... Growing debate over genetically engineered foodThe Seattle Times - 51 minutes ago A leading supporter and a leading opponent weigh in as voters consider Initiative 522, the ballot measure that would make Washington the first state to require labeling of foods with GE ingredients. By Sandi Doughton /. Seattle Times science reporter ... The fight over I-522: Do we really need GMO food labels?MyNorthwest.com - 21 hours ago The biggest donors to the No on 522 campaign include chemical companies like Monsanto and the Grocery Manufacturers Association, a trade group backed by the likes of Pepsi, Nestle, General Mills and other food companies. "We label if a juice is from ... Why big companies are spending $21 million to beat I-522Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) - Oct 28, 2013 Executives from the big givers — e.g. Monsanto, DuPont Pioneer, and Nestle on Initiative 522 — are never heard from. The Grocery Manufacturers Association has spoken mainly in legal proceedings through blue-chip Seattle law firms. It is possible to buy an ... Have a Coke and a … GMO?Politico - Oct 28, 2013 The Coca-Cola Company isn't smiling about the latest effort to force labels on foods and beverages that contain genetically modified organisms – this time in Washington State. It's on a long list of manufacturers that sell products using ingredients derived from ... The 'right to know' isn't strong enough in I-522 debateThe Seattle Times (blog) - 13 hours ago The backers of Initiative 522, the initiative that requires labeling of genetically altered foods, want us to approve their initiative because, “You have the right to know.” Know what? If there was anything important for us to know don't you think they would be using ... Teenage mutant veggies: what grocers have hiddenIndiana Statesman - Oct 28, 2013 The multinational agricultural business and chemical corporation, Monsanto, has been at the center of controversy for years with its production of genetically-modified crops and chemicals that have both been deemed as unsafe for human consumption and ... No on 522 has raised more money than any other initiative campaign in ...Pacific Northwest Inlander (blog) - 2 hours ago UPDATE: On Monday, Monsanto chipped in another $540,000 to fight I-522, bringing the No campaign's total funding to nearly $22 million. Per the Seattle Times: First, it smashed the record for fundraising by a campaign opposing a statewide ballot measure. Monsanto spends $5 million to fight GMO labelingConcord Monitor - Oct 27, 2013 Monsanto Co. and DuPont Co., among the biggest makers of bioengineered crop seeds, are persuading Washington state voters to change their minds about a proposal to require labels on genetically modified food. The companies are backing an ... Los Angeles Could Become the Country's Largest GMO-Free ZoneCare2.com - Oct 28, 2013 Unfortunately it was narrowly defeated after companies like Monsanto dumped millions of dollars into voter misinformation campaigns. To be clear, the ban proposed by Koretz and O'Farrell would only pertain to the cultivation of genetically modified seeds; ... GMO food fight brings in big bucks in Washington stateAl Jazeera America - Oct 28, 2013 Labeling opponents have raised more than $21 million, the vast majority of which has been donated by biotech companies, including Monsanto and DuPont Pioneer, and members of the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA). The sum is the most ever ... What we know about whether I-522 will cost us moneyPacific Northwest Inlander (blog) - 2 hours ago In the ongoing and record-breaking battle over I-522, which would making Washington the first state to require labeling of food made with GMO ingredients, one of the main talking points is the cost. Ads from the pro-labeling side say it “won't cost you a dime” ... Instead of Exporting GMO Crops to the EU…The U.S. Should Import Some ...One Green Planet - Oct 28, 2013 ... leaps and bounds beyond the notion that GMO foods are “safe,” a commonly held perception in many other parts of the world (which is no wonder, read: a Monsanto description of how the company places “the highest priority on the safety of our products. Food group gives millions to defeat food labelingSeattle Post Intelligencer - Oct 26, 2013 Aside from the Grocery Manufacturers Association, top contributors include Monsanto Co., DuPont Pioneer, Bayer Cropscience and Dow Agrosciences. Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps is the top contributor to the pro-labeling group, giving $1.7 million. Other top ... Astroturf Tramples Grassroots in Washington State GMO Labeling BattlePR Watch - Oct 27, 2013 The first generation of herbicide tolerant crops were engineered to withstand Roundup, an herbicide produced by Monsanto that is marketed as “safe.” In theory, the farmer sprays the entire field with Roundup and the weeds die while the crop survives. Hollywood Clashes With GMOs and MonsantoDailyFinance - Oct 27, 2013 Monsanto, the unwilling poster corporation for "factory food," has recently headed into more controversy for its collaboration with legislators on a "Monsanto Protection Act" to keep regulators from acting on GMO health concerns. According to the International ... Problems with Initiative 522Eatonville Dispatch - Oct 28, 2013 While I would like to see simple GMO labeling on food products, Initiative 522 is a badly written measure. For example, the measure provides that its requirements are to be implemented and enforced by the state Department of Health instead of the state ... GMO labels scary or simple? Sides differThe Olympian - Oct 27, 2013 As the Initiative 522 campaigns near the Nov. 5 election, they agree on little about I-522’s requirement that packaged foods carry labels if the products contain genetically modified ingredients or are made using genetic engineering. PHOTO BY BOB ... Room for debate: Yes to I-522 means no to agribusiness villainsDailyuw - 22 hours ago None other than Monsanto, DuPont Pioneer, Bayer CropScience, Dow Agrosciences, and an umbrella group including Coca-Cola, General Mills, and ConAgra — the very companies who profit somewhere along the line from consumption of GMOs, whether it ... Biotechnology giants top the food chain with GMO usageThe Stylus - Oct 27, 2013 Your friendly neighborhood conglomerate Monsanto would like you to know that they don't just make chemical bioweapons like Agent Orange and the pesticide RoundUp anymore; they are now supplying the country with acres upon acres of fresh, genetically ... "Liptaick With Matching Shoes"versus anti-GMO lobby.News24 - Oct 28, 2013 http://www.trueactivist.com/hawaii-and-mexico-on-forefront-of-gmo-bans/. And this. Hungary Destroys All Monsanto GMO Corn Fields. http://www.globalresearch.ca/hungary-destroys-all-monsanto-gmo-corn-fields/5342913. And this. Mexico Bans GMO Corn, ... Campaign To Defeat GMO Labeling In Washington Gets $21 Million From ...ThinkProgress - Oct 28, 2013 Replicating their successful strategy to defeat California's pro-labeling Proposition 37 last year, companies including Monsanto, DuPont, Bayer, Dow, and General Mills have unleashed millions of dollars to drown out labeling supporters. In 2012, chemical and ... Grocery Manufacturers put in $3.78M more to defeat I-522's labels on GMO foodsBellingham Herald - Oct 26, 2013 The single biggest company giving to either side is Monsanto, the chemical firm that sells herbicides and genetically engineered seed stock, which gave more than $5 million to the opposition, according to a recent campaign-finance analysis by MapLight, the ... Room for debate: No on I-522; GMO labeling is not worth the troubleDailyuw - 22 hours ago Initiative measure 522 (I-522) would require all foods intended for sale to have special labels indicating the presence of genetically modified organisms (GMOs). This would apply to nearly 70 percent of the products on supermarket shelves, with several ... |
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