Scotts Miracle-Gro, guilty of federal pesticide crimes in 2012, gives $250K to the super PAC backing Ramaswamy

Scotts Miracle-Gro, guilty of federal pesticide crimes in 2012, gives $250K to the super PAC backing Ramaswamy

The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, the Marysville-based lawn-and-garden giant, has given $250,000 to the super PAC working to elect Vivek Ramaswamy governor of Ohio — a rare direct corporate contribution from a company that once pleaded guilty to federal environmental crimes. The contribution appears in federal campaign finance filings for V-PAC: Victors Not Victims, the independent super PAC formed by Ramaswamy’s allies to support his campaign. Re…