The largest supermarket chain in the US still sells fruits and vegetables drenched in bee-killing pesticides.

a pile of dead bees on a wooden surface

Will you do your part to save bees today?

 Sign the petition 

John,

A world without bees is a world without strawberries and chocolate and coffee. And unless farmers stop drenching their crops with bee-toxic pesticides like neonics and chlorpyrifos, you may very well end up living in a world both without bees and without your favorite foods and drinks.

That is why we are calling on you to help us force Kroger, the second largest retailer in the US, to stop selling produce grown with bee-killing pesticides.

Walmart, Kroger’s main competitor, just announced a ground-breaking new pesticide policy that would require all of its suppliers to adopt pollinator-friendly ways of solving pest problems by 2025.

Now it’s time to get Kroger to do the same.  

Sign this petition to demand that Kroger make a commitment to save the bees.

If Kroger adopts a pollinator health policy similar to Walmart’s, then hundreds of produce and flower suppliers would be forced to stop using toxic neonics and chlorpyrifos. This would be a game-changer in the fight to save bees and other pollinators from extinction.

But if we want to get bees on the agenda of the mega supermarket’s annual shareholder meeting this month, we need to take action now.

Add your name to demand that Kroger does its part to save bees.

Thanks to the outcry of hundreds of thousands of SumOfUs members like you, Kroger announced at its 2019 shareholder meeting that it will stop selling live outdoor plants treated with neonics.

While this was a great first step, the policy didn’t go far enough to protect bees and other pollinators.

That is why we need to speak out again at this year’s shareholder meeting. We need to tell Kroger execs that if Walmart can make a strong commitment to saving bees, they can too.

And we won’t rest until they do.

 Sign the petition 

In Solidarity,
Lacey and the team at SumOfUs


More information:

Long-term study links neonicotinoids to wild bee declines, Reuters, April 23, 2021August 16, 2016

Walmart Moves to Protect Pollinators From Pesticides, Progressive Grocer, April 13, 2021


 
 

 

 


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