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CropScience Celebrates National Pollinator Week with Planting Initiative and
Pollinator Pledge</H1>PR Web
<P
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Triangle Park, NC (PRWEB) June 15, 2012</P>
<P
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CropScience is taking part in National Pollinator Week (June 18-24) by
celebrating the contribution bees make to agriculture and furthering initiatives
to promote bee health. During Pollinator Week, Bayer pledges to donate $1 to the
non-profit Pollinator Partnership (up to donation amount of $10,000) for every
person who registers to receive a free packet of seeds to start their own
pollinator garden. Anyone can request a seed packet by visiting
http://bit.ly/BayerBee.</P>
<P
style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-FAMILY: arial,helvetica,verdana; FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal">“Honey
bees are critically important to many aspects of sustainable agriculture,” said
Jim Blome, CEO of Bayer CropScience North America. “For more than 25 years,
Bayer has been dedicated to the health of bees and other pollinators. We are
inviting everyone to support bee health by planting their own
pollinator-friendly garden.”</P>
<P
style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-FAMILY: arial,helvetica,verdana; FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Bayer
CropScience’s celebration of Pollinator Week will commence on June 18 with a
pollinator strip planting at the company’s U.S. headquarters. Assisting in the
planting will be representatives of Passage Home, a local nonprofit community
organization and the Mawat District Boy Scouts. Bayer shares a vision with
Passage Home and the Boy Scouts to utilize partnerships with businesses,
non-profits and caring citizens to support strengthening neighborhoods.</P>
<P
style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-FAMILY: arial,helvetica,verdana; FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal">“Community
involvement and environmental awareness are at the core of Passage Home’s
values,” said Jeanne Tedrow, CEO of Passage Home. “This is an excellent
opportunity for our youth to recognize the important role of bees in our
community, while getting hands-on educational experience.”</P>
<P
style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-FAMILY: arial,helvetica,verdana; FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Bayer’s
pollinator strip initiative will continue with future locations planned for
Kansas City, Mo.; Pasadena, Calif.; Muskegon, Mich.; and Fresno, Calif. The
celebration will continue with an employee bees n’ bites educational session led
by staff apiologist Dick Rogers and honey-inspired dishes created by local chef
Jenny Ingrapham of[Cary Dinner Fairy. Specialty dishes will include Blueberry
and Local Honey Tartlets with Crème Fraiche, Frozen Honey Mojito Skewers and
Goat Cheese and Peach Gallette with Honey.</P>
<P
style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-FAMILY: arial,helvetica,verdana; FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal">As
a company dedicated to crop protection, Bayer is also committed to environmental
stewardship and sustainable agricultural practices, including the protection of
beneficial insects such as honey bees.</P>
<P
style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-FAMILY: arial,helvetica,verdana; FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal">For
additional information and background on other sustainability initiatives please
visit http://www.bayercropscience.us/our-commitment/bayer-initiatives.</P>
<P
style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-FAMILY: arial,helvetica,verdana; FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal">To
download files related to Bayer's National Pollinator Week activities visit:
http://www.bayercropscience.us/our-commitment/Documents/PollinatorsWeekMultimediaKit.zip</P>
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<P
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Bayer CropScience Bayer is a global enterprise with core competencies in the
fields of health care, nutrition and high-tech materials. Bayer CropScience, a
subgroup of Bayer AG with annual sales of EUR 7.255 billion (2011), is one of
the world’s leading innovative crop science companies in the areas of crop
protection, non-agricultural pest control, seeds and traits. The company offers
an outstanding range of products and extensive service backup for modern,
sustainable agriculture and for non-agricultural applications. Bayer CropScience
has a global workforce of 21,000 and is represented in more than 120 countries.
This and further news is available at: press.bayercropscience.com.</P>
<P
style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-FAMILY: arial,helvetica,verdana; FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Contact:
Bayer CropScience Media Hotline, 1-877-879-6162, or</P>
<P
style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-FAMILY: arial,helvetica,verdana; FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Beth
Roden External Communications Lead Bayer CropScience Tel: (919) 549-2030 Email:
beth(dot)roden(at)bayer(dot)com</P>
<P
style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-FAMILY: arial,helvetica,verdana; FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Ryan
McCormick Porter Novelli Tel: (312) 552-6316 Email:
ryan(dot)mccormick(at)porternovelli(dot)com</P>
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<P
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more information at bayercropscience.us.</P>
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Statements This release may contain forward-looking statements based on current
assumptions and forecasts made by Bayer Group or subgroup management. Various
known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors could lead to material
differences between the actual future results, financial situation, development
or performance of the company and the estimates given here. These factors
include those discussed in Bayer’s public reports which are available on the
Bayer website at bayer.com. The company assumes no liability whatsoever to
update these forward-looking statements or to conform them to future events or
developments.</P>
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