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Monsanto to pay $350K to
settle wheat-related lawsuits
NEW YORK (AP) —
Monsanto said Wednesday
it will pay about $350,000
to settle class action lawsuits
brought by farmers in seven
states over genetically modi-
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said Wednesday it will make
donations of $50,000 to agri-
cultural schools at land grant
colleges in Kansas, Missouri,
Illinois, Oklahoma, Texas,
Louisiana and Mississippi.
It will also reimburse the
plaintiffs and their lawyers
for a portion of the costs as-
sociated with the case. The
company said that under the
terms of the settlement agree-
ment it can’t disclose how
much that will cost.
The lawsuits relate to
the discovery of genetically
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in Oregon in May 2013.
The wheat had not been ap-
proved, and after the discov-
ery, Japan and South Korea
temporarily suspended some
wheat orders. The Europe-
an Union called for tougher
testing of shipments from the
U.S.
In November, Monsanto
agreed to pay about $2.4 mil-
lion to settle other lawsuits
related to the incident. Most
of the money will go into a
fund to pay farmers in Wash-
ington, Oregon and Idaho
who sold soft white wheat
between May 30 and Nov.
30, 2013.
Monsanto Co. said one
class action lawsuit remains
active. That suit involves
farmers in Arkansas, and
Monsanto said it hopes to re-
solve that litigation soon.
The USDA said last year
Wyoming grouse
conservation could
preserve area for birds
that it believes the genetical-
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incident and that there is no
evidence of that wheat in
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cal year that ended Aug. 31,
on sales of $15.86 billion.
Its shares rose 32 cents to
$117.16 on Wednesday, but
they are down 1.9 percent in
2015.
whether the greater sage
grouse needs federal pro-
tection under the Endan-
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — gered Species Act.
Even if Fish and Wild-
A new system announced
Wednesday to conserve life were to determine
habitat for the greater sage protection is necessary, if
grouse will start by making and when the greater sage
86 square miles of Wyo- grouse might be listed as
ming ranchland available threatened or endangered
for preservation through would remain an open
arrangements with oil and question. Congress late
gas companies and others last year voted to withhold
who, in exchange, want to funding from Fish and
develop the birds’ habitat Wildlife to list the species.
The greater sage grouse
elsewhere in the state.
Eventually the sage is a chicken-sized bird
grouse conservation bank whose numbers have dwin-
announced Wednesday in dled by more than half
Cheyenne could preserve since pre-settlement times.
almost 1,100 square miles The bird ranges across 11
— a region about the size states, from California to
of Rhode Island — through the Dakotas, and numbers
a series of conservation no more than 500,000 to-
easements. A conservation day.
Wyoming is home to
easement is a legally bind-
ing agreement that gener- about 200,000 greater sage
ally prohibits new devel- grouse, more than any oth-
opment of wildlife habitat er state.
Through the conser-
on private land.
The U.S. Fish and vation bank, developers
Wildlife Service, state of wouldn’t necessarily offset
Wyoming and the Sweet- an acre of developed habi-
water River Conservancy tat with an acre conserved,
cooperated to develop the but would purchase credits
sage grouse conservation that represent land pre-
bank. The conservancy served for sage grouse on
owns several large, private the Sweetwater River Con-
ranches on either side of servancy ranches.
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tween Casper and Rawlins. preservation arm of the
The approach is an im- Wyoming Stock Growers
portant one because 40 per- Association, would help
cent of sagebrush habitat is to secure the conservation
in private hands, said Fish easements.
“This bank strikes a
and Wildlife Service Dep-
balance between conser-
uty Director Jim Kurth.
“There are people out vation of sage grouse and
there that would say it’s a enabling oil and gas and
victory if we have to list other development across
sage grouse. We at the Fish Wyoming. It also secures
and Wildlife Service cer- a large expanse of land
tainly don’t feel that way,” with structured public ac-
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The
announcement and other outdoor oppor-
comes a little more than tunities,” Gov. Matt Mead
six months before a Sept. said.
Livestock grazing on
30 court-ordered deadline
for the Fish and Wild- the ranchland will contin-
life Service to determine ue, Mead pointed out.
By MEAD GRUVER
Associated Press
Starbucks CEO defends ‘Race Together’ after backlash
NEW YORK (AP) — Starbucks
CEO Howard Schultz on Wednesday
defended the company’s new “Race
Together” campaign that has been crit-
icized for being naive and even using
racial tensions to boost its bottom line.
The chain, best known for its Frap-
paccinos, will have U.S. workers write
“Race Together” on cups. Starbucks
also plans to start publishing “conver-
sation guides” on the topic, with ques-
tions like “How have your racial views
evolved from those of your parents?”
During its annual meeting in Seattle,
Schultz said the company is trying to
use its massive reach for good: “Some
in the media will criticize Starbucks for
having a political agenda. Our inten-
tions are pure.”
The campaign is the latest example
of a big company trying to tie its brands
to big social issues. The move comes as
consumer brands acknowledge that cus-
tomers are increasingly drawn to com-
panies that project a feel-good image or
embrace social causes.
But it also illustrates how such ef-
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clear correlation between the social
cause and the company’s products. Af-
ter it was announced early this week,
the Starbucks’ campaign was widely
ridiculed on social media by people
who said it’s opportunistic and inappro-
priate for a coffee chain to insert itself
into such an important issue. Others
questioned whether Starbucks execu-
tives think the chain’s workers could
spark productive conversations about
race relations while serving lattes.
An executive on Starbucks’ commu-
nications team, Corey duBrowa, even
blocked people on Twitter before tem-
porarily taking down his account. Du-
Browa later said in a post on Medium
that he felt he was being “personally
attacked in a cascade of negativity” and
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Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz speaks while photos of coffee cups with
#RaceTogether written on them are projected behind him Wednesday at
the coffee company’s annual shareholders meeting in Seattle. Schultz
said baristas in U.S. stores will be writing the words on cups served to
customers in an effort to improve awareness of race relations.
that he had gotten overwhelmed.
At its annual meeting, Schultz said
he didn’t think Starbucks would solve
the country’s “centuries old problems of
racism” but that he thinks it can make
a difference. He said workers don’t
have to participate, and that stores will
make customers another drink or cover
up cups if they don’t like the message.
“This is not a marketing or P.R. exer-
cise,” Schultz said.
Laura Ries, a branding consultant
based in Atlanta, said that addressing
big, important issues of the day has
become a way for companies to make
themselves a part of the conversation.
Otherwise, nobody is sitting around on
Twitter discussing brands, she said.
Dove soap has generated wide-
spread praise for its campaign celebrat-
ing “Real Beauty” by featuring women
who don’t look like the typical models.
Always, which makes products for
women, also got praise for an ad that
ran during the Super Bowl seeking to
empower young girls. But those were
messages that had ties to the products;
people don’t associate their morning
coffee with race.
“There’s nothing wrong with talking
about race relations,” Ries said. “But is
it something people naturally associate
with Starbucks? It’s not.”
Starbucks board member Mellody
Hobson gave a speech during the annu-
al meeting called “Color Blind or Color
Brave,” in which she detailed the lack
of diversity on corporate boards and re-
counted being mistaken for the kitchen
help in the past.
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