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More than 20 groups, comprised of food processors and retail,
environmental, hunger and food industry organizations, on
Tuesday launched a cooperative effort to urge Congress to
revisit the nation's food-to-fuel policies, called the Food
Before Fuel campaign.
The campaign also has launched a Web site, www.foodbeforefuel.org
that includes a variety of studies, fact sheets and
expert quotes on the issue.
"The price of corn that our companies use to feed chickens
has skyrocketed, costing billions of dollars," National
Chicken Council President George Watts said in a statement.
"The impact on [the] industry has been severe."
Other organizations involved with the campaign echoed Watts'
concerns. "It is past time to acknowledge the reality of
this problem and begin a serious, bipartisan effort to fix
it," Cal Dooley, CEO of the Grocery Manufacturers Association,
said.
Other protein-specific groups and companies involved in
the Food Before Fuel campaign include: American Meat Institute,
National Cattlemen's Beef Association, National Turkey Federation,
Pilgrim's Pride Corp. and Popeye's Chicken & Biscuits.
Other member organizations include: American Bakers Association,
American Beverage Association, American Conservative Union,
American Frozen Food Institute, Competitive Enterprise Institute,
Earth Policy Institute, Environmental Working Group, Food
For All, International Foodservice Distributors Association,
National Council of Chain Restaurants, National Restaurant
Association, National Retail Federation, Snack Food Association,
The Hispanic Institute, Tortilla Industry Association and
Women Impacting Public Policy.
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