Tell Joe Biden and Pete Buttigieg to sign the NO Big Ag Money Pledge!

2020 environmental solutions must involve taking on Big Ag and the pesticide industry. But we can’t trust candidates to hold these corporations accountable if they’re still receiving campaign contributions from them.

Joe Biden and Pete Buttigieg haven’t committed to stop taking campaign contributions from giant corporations like Bayer-Monsanto. We need you to demand these Democrats say NO to Big Ag’s money!

Vice President

Joe

Biden

Joe Biden Campaign

Mayor

Pete

Buttigieg

Pete Buttigieg Campaign

Dear Joe Biden and Pete Buttigieg,

I urge you to sign the No Big Ag Money Pledge and publicly commit to not accepting campaign contributions from large food and agribusiness corporation executives, lobbyists, and PACs.

Currently, in the United States, four corporations (many of them foreign-owned) control 84 percent of the market for beef, 70 percent of the market for soy, 66 percent of the market for hogs, 80 percent of the market for corn, 59 percent of the market for poultry, 84 percent of the market for pesticides and 60 percent of the market for seeds.

A new poll shows 77 percent of Iowa Democratic Caucus goers agree that presidential candidates should reject donations from large food and agribusiness corporations, with 55 percent strongly holding this view. The Lake Research Partners poll of 400 likely Democratic Caucus goers also found that:

•   64 percent favor breaking up the largest food and agriculture corporations, including over a third (37 percent) who strongly favor this.
•   64 percent favor temporarily stopping the development of new factory farms and the expansion of existing ones.
•   89 percent favor increasing resources and spending to help family farmers increase the use of conservation practices that protect soil, water, and wildlife.
•   72 percent support increasing resources and spending to help family farmers adapt to climate change while meeting our food needs.

Voters want family farmers to have the resources they need to protect our environment and survive the growing climate crisis. Iowans are looking for a candidate who will stand with farmers, food chain workers, consumers, and our environment, and reject corporate agriculture’s influence. To win in Iowa and across the country, you must listen to the majority of their voters, who are tired of factory farms and polluting agribusiness wrecking their communities.

Please sign the No Big Ag Money Pledge and show voters that you prioritize our families, farmers, food chain workers, our planet and our democracy over Big Ag’s profits.

Thank you,
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