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2010-03-08 | permalink
Farmers vs. Hollywood: Corn farmers launch online campaign against Food Inc. Oscar nomination
The corn industry is lashing out at an Oscar-nominated documentary that has grossed out grocery shoppers, saying [Food, Inc.] is unfair to many of the nation’s farmers and shouldn’t win. [...] ”If we don’t shoot down their arguments with credible and truthful information, our reputation as America’s farmers will suffer significantly,” reads an [National Corn Growers Association] alert sent to member farmers this week.
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2010-03-08 | permalink
Farmers vs. Hollywood: Corn farmers launch online campaign against Food Inc. Oscar nomination
The corn industry is lashing out at an Oscar-nominated documentary that has grossed out grocery shoppers, saying [Food, Inc.] is unfair to many of the nation’s farmers and shouldn’t win. [...] ”If we don’t shoot down their arguments with credible and truthful information, our reputation as America’s farmers will suffer significantly,” reads an [National Corn Growers Association] alert sent to member farmers this week.
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