BioChem Spray Maker & Owner visits Monterey 3/13 Rally

BREAKING NEWS:

Stewart Resnick is speaking at 8:45am.
Get there are 8:40 am!
Suterra is hosting a info table at the conference too!

Monterey Conference Center, 1 Portola Plaza, Monterey, CA Map
Conference Schedule


***RALLY- March 13, at Monterey Conference Center 1 Portola Plaza Monterey, CA at the "The Annual Pistachio Conference". Paramount Farms are putting on the Conference. Stewart Resnick's Roll International Corp. owns Paramount Farms and Suterra LLC, the Pesticide Company whose product was used to spray people repeatedly in 2007 over Santa Cruz and Monterey.


"Pesticide maker owned by political donor" Matthew Yi, Chronicle Sacramento Bureau (backup)
Stewart Resnick "His Roll International Corp. owns Paramount Farms, the world's largest grower of almonds and pistachios, and Paramount Citrus, one of the biggest citrus fruit producers in the United States. Roll International's holdings also include Suterra LLC, a fledgling pesticide company in Bend, Ore., that makes CheckMate, a pheromone pesticide that is one of four chemicals being considered for aerial spraying by officials at the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the California Department of Food and Agriculture."

Rally on March 13 - 2008 at the Annual Pistachio Conference, Monterey Conference Center. It's the first Pistachio Conference, being put on by Paramount Farms, the world's largest grower and processor of pistachios and almonds.

Stewart Resnick is a California agribusinessman who has been a generous contributor to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and other state officials.

WireImage photo by Kevin Terrell

WireImage photo by Kevin Terrell

AP Exclusive: Moth-spraying PR deal suspended amid questions
By AARON C. DAVIS Associated Press Writer
Article Launched: 03/13/2008 01:46:32 AM PDT

SACRAMENTO—State officials struggling to convince critics about the safety of aerial spraying to control an invasive moth awarded a $500,000 no-bid contract to a prominent public relations firm with ties to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

E-mails obtained by the AP revealed a senior state contracting official questioned the arrangement. He said it was difficult to justify a public affairs campaign related to moth spraying as an emergency, which entitled the deal to be exempted from normal contracting rules designed to limit favoritism.

After The Associated Press published a story Wednesday detailing the deal, Schwarzenegger press secretary Aaron McLear said the contract had been suspended.
http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_8555038

Light brown apple moth controversy

The Light brown apple moth (Epiphyas postvittana, often abbreviated to LBAM) is a leafroller moth belonging to the lepidopteran family Tortricidae. The insect is highly polyphagous and the larvae attack numerous horticultural crops in Australia and New Zealand. The species has been classified as a noxious insect in the United States and Canada, leading to restrictions on produce from counties with substantial populations. In 2007 the moth was found in mainland United States, principally along the West Coast. Quarantine measures and aerial spraying of cities with untested pesticides were imposed to help eradicate the moth, leading to substantial public controversy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_brown_apple_moth_controversy