Not only is Big Sugar harming the Florida Everglades, it is also costing US consumers about $4 billion a year in a sugar food tax. This statement from Mary Barley, founder of the Everglades Trust, outlines all of the damages caused by Big Sugar and what you can do to work for change. (SugarReform.org)
Posts Tagged ‘Mary Barley’
13 Dec
Statement from Mary Barley on the negative impact of Big Sugar in the Everglades
Posted by Florida's Enviro-Wire in Environment, Everglades, Pollution. Tagged: Big Sugar, Coalition for Sugar Reform, Everglades Restoration, Everglades Trust, Mary Barley, sugar food tax, Sugar Reform. Leave a comment
28 Jul
Letter: Collins, Scott no friends of Everglades restoration
Posted by Florida's Enviro-Wire in Environment, Everglades, Legislative News. Tagged: Big Sugar, Everglades Restoration, Everglades Trust, Mary Barley, Mike Collins, Rick Scott, Scott no friend of Everglades, SFWMD. Leave a comment
In a letter to the Palm Beach Post, Mary Barley, Everglades Trust president, denounces a letter Collins wrote to the same newspaper supporting Rick Scott’s take on Everglades restoration. She states that both Collins and Scott are no friends to the Everglades.
Click here to read the full letter from Mrs. Barley.
12 Apr
Mary Barley: Big Sugar and the Everglades
Posted by Florida's Enviro-Wire in Environment, Everglades, Pollution. Tagged: Big Sugar, Everglades Agricultural Area, Everglades Restoration, Everglades Trust, Florida Legislature 2011, Frank Ortis, Mary Barley. Leave a comment
Mary Barley: Big Sugar and the Everglades (Gainesville Sun)
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