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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Grocery Manufacturers Association Urges Congress to Balance Climate and Food Security Needs
Contact:
Scott Openshaw, Director, Communications, 202-295-3957
Brian Kennedy, Director, Communications, 202-639-5994
September 30, 2009
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) today issued the following statement from GMA President and CEO Pamela G. Bailey regarding the release of climate legislation by Senator Boxer and Senator Kerry:
“We look forward to working with Senator Boxer and Senator Kerry to craft legislation which addresses the challenges posed by climate change and which meets the world’s growing food security needs. In particular, we look forward to working with Congress to ensure that climate legislation provides food, beverage, and consumer product goods manufacturers with a fair share of emissions allowances and to ensure that offset provisions do not inadvertently cause farmers to fallow or reforest millions of acres of cultivated land at home and abroad. I am confident Congress can craft climate legislation that will not pit our climate security needs against our food security needs.”
GMA is working with other food and farm trade associations to assess the impacts of climate legislation on food production costs and will release a study in October.
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Based in Washington, D.C., the Grocery Manufacturers Association is the voice of more than 300 leading food, beverage and consumer product companies that sustain and enhance the quality of life for hundreds of millions of people in the United States and around the globe. Founded in 1908, GMA is an active, vocal advocate for its member companies and a trusted source of information about the industry and the products consumers rely on and enjoy every day. The association and its member companies are committed to meeting the needs of consumers through product innovation, responsible business practices and effective public policy solutions developed through a genuine partnership with policymakers and other stakeholders. In keeping with its founding principles, GMA helps its members produce safe products through a strong and ongoing commitment to scientific research, testing and evaluation and to providing consumers with the products, tools and information they need to achieve a healthy diet and an active lifestyle. The food, beverage and consumer packaged goods industry in the United States generates sales of $2.1 trillion annually, employs 14 million workers and contributes $1 trillion in added value to the economy every year.
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