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Food Industry Issues Dire Warning to Congress: Get Serious About Climate Change or Starve
Robert F. Kennedy Jr's Ring Of Fire ^ | October 2, 2015 | Justin Lane

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.”


TOPICS: Agriculture; Business/Economy; Food; Government
KEYWORDS: climatechange; corporatism; diecorporatescum; fascism; food; globalwarming; globalwarmingcult; globalwarminghoax; globalwarminhoax; greed; nannystate
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To: headstamp 2

“Must be a buck to be made somewhere.”

Research grants and tax breaks.


62 posted on 10/03/2015 2:29:47 AM PDT by Gen.Blather
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To: cherry

They may have more control than many recognize, even if what they are doing is causing unknown complications

Pay attention to what is happening in your skies


63 posted on 10/03/2015 3:28:47 AM PDT by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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To: All

the solution? pay more taxes


64 posted on 10/03/2015 3:34:16 AM PDT by newnhdad (Our new motto: USA, it was fun while it lasted.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

CON-gress can’t even balance a checkbook, how are they going to protect our food from imaginary “climate change”?


65 posted on 10/03/2015 3:45:14 AM PDT by VTenigma (The Democratic party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

OMG!! The world is CRAZY!


66 posted on 10/03/2015 3:50:01 AM PDT by Ann Archy (ABORTION....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Their letter went out right after they got a phone call from Obama’s Storm Troopers at the IRS saying, “Get serious about helping with this hoax or prepare for an anal examine.” Adolph would be proud!


67 posted on 10/03/2015 4:37:07 AM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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To: jmaroneps37

This group would have us live on cereal, chocolate, ice cream and Pringles (Kellogg). The new five essential food groups.


68 posted on 10/03/2015 5:07:46 AM PDT by doosee (Captain, we are approaching a new level of Hell.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

They are food processing companies, not food production companies.


69 posted on 10/03/2015 5:49:42 AM PDT by dila813
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To: dila813
MEGA BUMP:

They are food processing companies, not food production companies.

70 posted on 10/03/2015 10:14:34 AM PDT by Finny (Be prepared to own what you vote for. Voting "against" is a mathematical fallacy.)
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71 posted on 10/03/2015 12:46:15 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Democrats and GOP-e: a difference of degree, not philosophy)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; Kartographer; SheLion; Eric Blair 2084; -YYZ-; 31R1O; 383rr; AFreeBird; ...

How can people boycott all ten of these losers without starving themselves to death?

Giant, greedy, greenie, global warming, corporatist, fascist Nanny State PING!


72 posted on 10/03/2015 12:56:09 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Democrats and GOP-e: a difference of degree, not philosophy)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Unicorns are the real problem...


73 posted on 10/03/2015 1:10:52 PM PDT by GOPJ (http://www.nbcnews.com/video/msnbc-quick-cuts/57942124/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPjzfGChGlE)
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To: Rodamala

Yogurt is very easy to make. Do you use a culture you bought or just some yogurt you bought?


74 posted on 10/03/2015 1:38:55 PM PDT by Fungi
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“Unilever, Mars, Kellogg, General Mills, Nestle, New Belgium Brewing, Ben & Jerry’s, Clif Bar, Stonyfield Farm, and Dannon.”

Easy enough to boycott some of these companies. The first five are behemoths that own just about every OTHER little brand-name company below them.


75 posted on 10/03/2015 1:54:19 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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To: doc1019

——WOW! Hard to believe that people in such high places are such uninformed idiots.——

I doubt these guys are idiots...more like paying for protection from the government global warming Nazi’s...


76 posted on 10/03/2015 2:02:59 PM PDT by Popman (Christ alone: My Cornerstone...)
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To: Fungi

My roommate used to buy yogurt to feed his dogs, so I took a tablespoon and made a batch and showed that I could make it at home for about
1/10 the price. I used the oven. Just the heat of the oven light with a deck of cards propping the door open a crack gave me 110ish degrees.


77 posted on 10/03/2015 2:58:41 PM PDT by Rodamala
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To: Rodamala

Great idea. I just wrap it with a heavy blanket and it turns out great.


78 posted on 10/03/2015 3:01:38 PM PDT by Fungi
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The Onion? Or just morons.


79 posted on 10/03/2015 3:04:24 PM PDT by jwalsh07 (.)
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