Support Florida farmers and HB 443/SB 518

Dear [legislator_greeting],

As one of your constituents, I urge you to support Florida farmers and HB 443/SB 518. Absent legislative action, a potential crisis is on the horizon for American agriculture that will impact farmers across the country and, more importantly, all our dinner tables. 

At risk is the availability of Florida farmers’ #1 tool to manage invasive weeds and keep yields high. Safe, approved crop protection products are essential to Florida farmers’ ability to keep costs low and ensure an affordable and abundant food supply. Without one of the most widely-used crop protection tools, food inflation could more than double—forcing us to pay even higher prices at the grocery store. 

Yet, despite the clear science behind the safety and benefits of this technology, the litigation industry is targeting farmers’ best defense against weeds with relentless, and often meritless, lawsuits based on a single discredited report from the World Health Organization (W.H.O.). Ultimately, these reckless lawsuits threaten our food supply, farmers’ livelihoods, and will lead to higher prices. The Trump administration recently backed labeling uniformity but even with possible federal action, Florida lawmakers still need to lead and provide much needed certainty for our farmers.

HB 443/SB 518 protects Florida farmers and the tools they rely on to grow our food. All it says is that the federally approved label is the law and that a company can’t be subject to relentless litigation for following the law. Similar legislation has already been enacted in Georgia and North Dakota, and contrary to claims by anti-ag activists and other critics, this bill is not blanket immunity for anyone, as lawsuits unrelated to the label are unaffected. 

We can’t allow trial lawyers and foreign bureaucrats to set agriculture policy in Florida.

Please stand with farmers and support HB 443/SB 518.

Thank you.