Agricultural Retailer’s #moreDAMstorage Campaign Bonding With California Water 4 All

Gar Tootelian, Inc. (GAR) has declared full support for the Water Priorities Bond Act. The 2016 ballot initiative, which was filed last week, seeks to provide long-term solutions to resolve California’s broken water policies for storing and managing water supplies.

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“It is time for California’s senseless manmade water crisis to come to an end. The bond reprioritizes and applies $10.8 billion previously approved for high speed rail to new water facilities that will serve California for a lifetime.” said Greg Musson, President/CEO of Gar Tootelian, Inc. “Reliable water supplies for families, businesses and California’s food producers, who provide 50% of our nation’s (fruits and vegetables), is imperative. Without safe and secure water sustainability, California will cease to thrive as the largest food and fiber provider to our great nation. This bond is a human initiative.”

Language in the bond states that it will not create new debt or new tax burdens on the state or taxpayers, but rather it puts people and food production first. According to California Water 4 All, the bond redirects funds to better uses by conserving, recycling and recharging groundwater aquifers.

Additionally, the redirected funds also go toward building new projects and permanent infrastructure to capture and store water to be used for domestic water supplies and food production.

Established in 1949, Gar Tootelian is a community outreach leader in the Central Valley and works to promote education and awareness on the importance of valley agriculture. Recently the family-owned business was one of four retailers named 2015 Environmental Respect Award winner for the North America Region by CropLife® magazine, a Meister Media Worldwide publication. The California retailer was also one of four companies honored as a 2015 Ambassador of Respect during a ceremony in July 2015 in Wilmington, DE, home of ERA sponsor DuPont Crop Protection.

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