Who is funding the anti-GMO labeling side in Colorado?

Seeking to crush a groundswell movement in America to label genetically modified foods, a small group of multi-billion-dollar pesticide, biotech and Big Food corporations have poured $14 million into Colorado to try to defeat Proposition 105, a grassroots voter initiative to label GMO foods.

Who Are these Corporations Trying to Buy Our Elections and Keep Americans in the Dark about GMOs?

Please see a more complete list below, however, just 10 corporations, including Monsanto, DuPont, PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, Kraft, General Mills, Hershey, J.M. Smucker, Dow and Kellogg, are responsible for more than $13 million of the $14.3 million total contributed to try to defeat the Colorado GMO labeling bill.

Also of note among the anti-labeling donors are Abbot Nutrition and Mead Johnson, corporations that make nutritional formulas for infants and the elderly – companies that do not want mandatory GMO labeling on their packaging.

Underdog Colorado Campaign Scares Big Food and Industrial Agriculture

In contrast, the underdog Right to Know Colorado campaign has raised less than $1 million in cash and pledges, mostly through small business donations along with hundreds of $5, $10, and $25 contributions to the Yes on 105 campaign from primarily Colorado citizens. Yet, we feel strongly that we can win.

Please don't let these corporations buy our elections to protect profits over people.

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Top Donors Seeking to Defeat Colorado's Proposition 105 to Label GMOs*

  • Monsanto, $4.7 million
  • DuPont/Pioneer, $3.04 million
  • Pepsico, $1.65 million
  • Coca-Cola, $1.1 million
  • Kraft Foods, $1.03 million
  • General Mills, $820,000
  • The Hershey Co., $380,000
  • J.M. Smucker Co., $345,000
  • Dow Agrosciences, a Dow Chemical Company, $300,000
  • Kellogg Co., $250,000
  • Conagra Foods, $250,000
  • Flowers Food Inc., $250,000
  • Smithfield Foods, $200,000
  • Abbot Nutrition, $190,000
  • Cargill Inc., $135,000
  • Grocery Manufacturer's Association, $101,400
  • Hormel Foods, $85,000
  • Ocean Spray Cranberries, $80,000
  • Bumble Bee Foods, $50,000
  • Mead Johnson, $50,000
  • Shearer's Foods, $35,000
  • Welch's, $35,000
  • Knouse Foods, $25,000
  • Sunny Delight Beverage Co., $25,000
  • Biotechnology Industry Organization, $14,600
  • Niagara Bottling, $10,000

* Colorado Secretary of State Elections Division Reporting, as of October 22, 2014

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