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acknowledge the well-established science affirming the safety of agricultural biotechnology, would you
require farmers to go back to old, inefficient and less effective cropping practices?
On behalf of our farmer members, who represent the vast majority of American agriculture, we
respectfully request that you revise the Dannon pledge to recognize the sustainability, safety and
environmental benefit of food biotechnology. We would welcome the opportunity to discuss this
matter
with
you further and to offer our assistance in developing truly meaningful measurements of
agricultural sustainability that will honestly and accurately characterize your products' ingredients.
Sincerely,
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Zippy Duvall
Richard Wilkins
President
President
American Farm Bureau Federation
American Soybean Association
Galen Lee
President
American Sugarbeet Growers Association
Wesley Spurlock
Randy Mooney
Nancy Kavazanjian
President
Chairman
Chairperson
National Corn Growers Association
National Milk Producers Federation U.S. Farmers and Ranchers Alliance