Posted on 10/02/2015 8:08:02 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Ten of the world’s largest food production companies sent a letter to the U.S. Congress on Thursday, encouraging them to take action on climate change.
The letter was signed by the chief executive officers from Unilever, Mars, Kellogg, General Mills, Nestle, New Belgium Brewing, Ben & Jerry’s, Clif Bar, Stonyfield Farm, and Dannon.
“The challenge presented by climate change will require all of us – government, civil society and business – to do more with less. For companies like ours, that means producing more food on less land using fewer natural resources. If we don’t take action now, we risk not only today’s livelihoods, but those of future generations,” they wrote. “We are asking you to embrace the opportunity presented to you in Paris, and to come back with a sound agreement, properly financed, that can affect real change.”
Unilever spokesman Tom Langan pointed out that no one company can do this alone during an earlier round-table discussion in D.C.
“The reality is, Unilever can hit all its goals and it won’t make a difference, alone, in and of itself,” Langan said. “We need to work together. We need governments to be involved.”
For more on this, read the article from ThinkProgress titled: “Food Industry to Congress: We Need You to Act on Climate Change.”
I suppose, given your screen name, you’re obligated to have that pic on hand.
Smells like a price fixing cartel.
I don’t know about the others, but these four are certified liberal fk wads, who push their BS scam “organic” food at prices 4X higher than “non-organic” products - as if their cow sh*t was better than the same cow sh*t used on “non-organic” farms. Total frauds, hypocrites looking to enlarge their bottom line - and get a leg up on their competition via their pretentious moral superiority
I’ve heard. Blehhh.
It’s for crony subsidies and handouts...
“These four” being:
New Belgium Brewing
Ben & Jerry’s
Clif Bar
Stonyfield Farm
The very large food manufacturer I had been associated with engaged in no such foolishness. Unfortunately, I see the co is moving headquarters from Omaha to Chicago — so we’ll have to wait and see whether they stay conservative.
Agree....Bunny huggers won’t even eat B&J’s crap cream......
Just shows how many leftists are CEOs of major corporations. Explains a lot.
More corporate welfare please..
The companies listed are known advocates of Leftist causes, and donate handsomely to those causes.
I wouldn’t put much stock in their opinion on much of anything, however I’m concerned anytime a Leftist with access to lots, and lots of money, thus influence has something to say about my freedoms.
You know who really controls the “food industry”?
Farmers.
Who know “climate change” is called “weather” and stuff like this letter gets scooped up and spread on the fields.
The problem is that these folks are NOT uninformed...
They know exactly what they are doing and will not be satisfied until they own us all in every way that matters. They may already be there, if you have the nerve to move the curtain a little and see what’s behind it.
Anyone that still thinks big business is a friend of personal liberty needs to obtain a clue.
I’m in the middle of the corn belt. Our farmers feed more people than anyone on earth. They are the front line of agriculture. These people keep themselves very well informed on anything affecting their business. I don’t know a single one that doesn’t know that “climate change” is a hoax.
“We are asking you to embrace the opportunity presented to you in Paris, and to come back with a sound agreement, properly financed, that can affect real change.”
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Properly Financed. Those are the key words and most likely this means these companies have found a way to steal billions from the taxpayer.
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