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GMW: Help Pass the Vermont Farmer Protection Act

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Help Pass the Vermont Farmer Protection Act

 

Call to Action / Rural Vermont 7may04

 

Friends across the US and the World,

 

Vermont (USA) is nearing the end of its 2004 legislative session. We

have successfully passed the Right to Know bill, which will require clear

labeling of GE seeds and will require manufacturers to report to the

state about how much GE seed is sold here each year. This law also

includes a clear definition of GE seeds, and will help us all to

challenge the notion of substantial equivalence of GE and non-GE seeds.

This law will go into effect on October 1, 2004.

 

However, we are still fighting the battle in Vermont! We want to get

the Farmer Protection Act passed before the year is out. This bill has

already passed in the Vermont Senate, but we have two bodies, and we

need it to pass also in the Vermont House before it can go to the

Governor

for enactment. This bill would protect ALL farmers from gene

contamination lawsuits! It is truly landmark legislation, and would

help us all

in our global struggle against big biotech.

 

The problem is that the Vermont legislators don't really understand how

important this bill is to YOU. They only see what is happening here.

Vermont only has 600,000 people -- in many cases, less than the number of

people living in your city! It is NOT common for our legislators to

read national or international news, and they do not have staff people to

explain to them the broader context. Because of this, they are getting

worn down. The administration here is very opposed to this bill, and

the biotech lobbyists are working hard to threaten and coerce our

legislators.

 

HERE IS HOW YOU CAN HELP!

 

Send a message of hope and encouragement to our key allies in the

Vermont Statehouse. You can send the same message to all of the

legislators

listed below. These are only a few of our really strong

champions, and they need all the encouragement they can get in the next

few days.

 

Our legislative session will likely end by May 15th, so your email

TODAY is urgently needed!

 

Speak from your heart and tell them why their courage and action is

important to you. If you are working on a campaign where you live, tell

them about it!

 

Thank them for all they have done so far, and encourage them to stand

up for all family farmers across the world!

 

In your subject line, please write: From _(your state/country)_ -

Please pass the Farmer Protection Act!

 

Here is the list of key lawmakers:

Carolyn Partridge cpartridge

Floyd Nease fnease

Betty Nuovo bnuovo

David Zuckerman dzuckerman

Gaye Symington gsymington

Jeanette White jwhite

Peter Welch rramos

Dick Sears rsears

John Campbell jcampbell

Vince Illuzi villuzzi

Sara Kittell skittell

 

THANK YOU for taking the time to send this email. You will really be

helping our campaign. Please spread the word far and wide and let these

lawmakers know they are on the front lines of the battle against big

biotech!

 

Amy

 

Amy Shollenberger

Policy Director

Rural Vermont

amybeth

802-223-7222

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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