Growers group mounts PR campaign pointing to energy as culprit for high food costs
By Steve Tarter
of the Journal Star
Posted Aug 18, 2008 @ 08:47 PM
PEORIA —
After corn was singled out earlier this year for contributing to rapid price increases in food and fuel, the Bloomington-based Illinois Corn Growers Association decided to fight back.
Corn and corn-based ethanol came under attack earlier this year in a public-relations campaign spearheaded by the Washington, D.C.-based Grocery Manufacturers Association.
The GMA questioned federal policy that diverted food crops for fuel while forming Food Before Fuel, a coalition of food, consumer and environmental groups, said association spokesman Scott Openshaw.
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