Pima County Food Alliance Calls Monsanto a Local Food System Threat
Sign PCFA’s petition asking for more transparency, and for the Board of Supervisors to reject a tax incentive package for Monsanto
The Pima County Food Alliance (PCFA) – a grassroots policy council working for a just, local, environmentally sustainable food system in Pima County – says Monsanto is a threat to the sustainability of our local agricultural system and to Tucson’s recent designation as a UNESCO World City of Gastronomy.
In a statement on its blog, PCFA writes:
Our concerns focus on how Monsanto’s presence will affect not only the economy, but also the sustainability of our local agricultural system, particularly given Tucson’s recent designation as a UNESCO World City of Gastronomy.
The UNESCO Gastronomy designation honors Tucson’s 4,100-year-old agricultural history, its multicultural foodways, and its work to end food insecurity and support a vibrant local food system. We do not believe a Monsanto greenhouse supports Tucson’s claim to be a UNESCO City of Gastronomy.
We demand transparency from our county supervisors as these negotiations, purchases, and plans move forward. Monsanto’s history of disenfranchising small-scale agriculturalists is not in line with PCFA’s mission nor with the goals of the UNESCO Gastronomy designation.
Please join PCFA in asking the Pima County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry for more transparency in this process, and for the Board of Supervisors to reject a tax incentive package for Monsanto, which will only exacerbate corporate control of our local food system.
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