Tag: SunRidge Farms

Attorney General Bob Ferguson of Washington State is pursuing a lawsuit against the Grocery Manufactures Association (GMA) for trying to avoid campaign disclosure laws by laundering member donations.  Internal emails clearly show the strategy of the opponents which was to fight state efforts for labeling at any cost.  By laundering member donations the GMA hoped to shield these corporations from consumer backlash.  Follow this story here – http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2013/10/29/montsanto-antes-up-540000-more-to-fight-i-522/

Let those companies know that you don’t appreciate underhanded and illegal tactics to try and sway voters.  Stop buying their products and send a message.  If you know someone who lives in Washington State, please encourage them to vote YES on I-522 to send even a stronger message.

It’s important to follow the money in order to better understand who is trying to keep GMO labeling from being approved by the voters in Washington State.  Monsanto, Dow, Bayer, CocaCola, PepsiCo, Nestle are a few of the huge names in food that are going out of their way to defeat I-522.   We’ll know in another week if their efforts were successful or if voters in Washington will step up and decide that they have changed the world.   Here’s a story on the money and where it’s coming from.  See for yourself – http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2013/10/28/why-big-companies-are-spending-21-million-to-beat-i-522/

Argentina went all in with Monsanto and GMO’s over a decade ago and now the negative health impact has been linked to the Monsanto’ chemicals.  The Associated Press just released their report and the story is here – http://www.thenewstribune.com/2013/10/20/2842439/argentines-link-health-problems.html

One of the guest speakers at our 30th Anniversary Party late last year, Ocean Robbins, has the latest on the fight against GMO’s in this article from the Huffington Post.  This article touches on the efforts by the Grocery Manufacturers Association to hide the identities of the donors to the No on I522 Campaign in Washington (Coca Cola, Nestle, PepsiCo) and the recent Mexican Government decision to stop GMO Corn cultivation in Mexico.  For the full article click here – http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ocean-robbins/huge-gmo-news_b_4129311.html?utm_hp_ref=monsanto

The Washington State Attorney General filed a complaint against the Grocery Manufacturer’s Association regarding their $7Million donation to the No on I522 campaign in Washington regarding the labeling of GMO’s in foods.  The GMA was attempting to shield their members from public scrutiny by making the donation in their name instead of the manufacturers name.  This is unlawful under Washington State law so the GMA just released the names of these donor companies.  Coca Cola, Pepsi, Nestle, General Mills, etc. are among the biggest ‘NO’ donors; again trying to manipulate the will of the people against knowing what is in their food.  Here’s the full story – http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2013/10/18/pepsi-coke-nestle-top-multi-million-dollar-campaign-against-i-522/

The Grocery Manufacturers Association faces a lawsuit for violating the State’s campaign finance laws associated with their efforts to defeat Initiative 522, the GMO labeling bill.   The GMA has provided $7Million in the effort to defeat this measure and the lack of disclosure of who provided this money to the GMA is the primary violation.  For more on this story, click here – http://www.king5.com/news/local/Washington-AG-sues-food-industry-group-over-I-522-228057441.html

Joy Bauer of the Today Show featured SunRidge Farms items in a segment on healthier candies.  Check out the video here – http://www.today.com/video/today/53295770/#53295770

From the ‘Celebrate Green Blog’ – National Bulk Foods Week is next week!  http://celebrategreen.net/blog/food/bulk-foods-week-11

Senator David Koehler (D-Illinois) proposes that foods with GMO’s be labeled.  His goal is to get his bill to vote in the Senate.  We applaud Senator Koehler for his efforts.  For more, click here – http://www.wics.com/news/top-stories/stories/vid_13528.shtml