ERA Global Winners Welcomed In Washington

Posted by Matt Hopkins|27 July 2010

WASHINGTON DC — An international delegation of distributors and retailers met in Washington DC last week to celebrate environmental stewardship as part of the annual Environmental Respect Awards, a collaboration between DuPont Crop Protection, Farm Chemicals International and sister publication CropLife magazine.

More than 100 entries from around the world were judged and recognized at various levels based on the safety of their retail operations, ability to contain spills, community outreach and farmer education and service programs. Ten Ambassadors of Respect from eight different countries were chosen, along with Country Champions and Merit Winners from around the globe. FCI highlighted the 2010 World of Respect winners in our June issue. For detailed winner profiles, .

International Ambassador of Respect award winners were treated to a trip to Washington DC where they enjoyed tours of a local retailer, a local farm and a DuPont research facility at Chesapeake Farms. Delegates enjoyed a bit of leisure time as well with a boat ride across the Chesapeake Bay and a Baltimore Orioles baseball game.

The event, which began with the US-based Environmental Respect Awards, celebrated 20 years with an impressive speaker program that included all this year’s award winners, past winners, US lobbyists and professional organizations, as well as agriculture futurists, all of whom expect food prices to rise in the near future.