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Idaho agriculture group balks at Clif Bar Foundation video

Posted at 4:10 PM, Oct 17, 2016
and last updated 2016-10-18 07:18:37-04

A Clif Bar animated video featuring a foul-mouthed organic seed has not been well received by Idaho’s agriculture community.

The Capital Press reports the animated video features “Mr. Seed,” a foul-mouthed organic seed, complaining that conventional agriculture is ruining the world with pesticides, performance-enhancing chemicals and genetically-modified organism seed.

Food Producers of Idaho, an agriculture trade group, is sending a letter to the Clif Bar Family Foundation calling for the "Mr. Seed" video to be removed from YouTube and other outlets as it presents a false, negative perception of Idaho agriculture.

Clif Bar officials say they have not yet received the letter, so they declined to immediately respond.

(Associated Press contributed to this story)