ALERT: Stop Factory Farm Dairy Feedlots from Labeling Their Products as USDA Organic

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102405 alertYou are not going to believe this! Look at the photos and what they

are allowed to call " organic " . Do not buy any products from " Horizon " to name

just one.

 

 

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Organic Consumers Association

Tuesday, October 25, 2005 12:37 PM

ALERT: Stop Factory Farm Dairy Feedlots from Labeling Their Products as

" USDA Organic "

 

 

 

Hello Donna,

 

Action Alert!

October 25, 2005

(this alert expires 11/15/2005)

Stop Factory Farm Dairy Feedlots from Labeling Their Products as " USDA

Organic "

 

Click here to sign an important petition to the USDA:

http://www.organicconsumers.org/usda.htm

 

 

Apologies for the unusually high number of emails from us right now.

Typically, you can expect only one email from the OCA every two weeks, but the

national organic standards are currently under siege, as never before. As our

SOS Action Alerts and newsletter, Organic Bytes, have pointed out over the past

month, there is currently an industry-sponsored Sneak Attack on organic

standards in the U.S. Congress. We've kept you updated about this Sneak Attack,

involving an industry rider that would greatly weaken organic standards by

allowing hundreds of synthetic substances to be used in organic production

without proper review by the National Organic Standards Board and the organic

community. We will keep you posted on that issue, and appreciate the more than

200,000 individual emails the OCA network of consumers has generated to Congress

on that issue. We need a similar response from you on the following, equally

serious issue...

 

THE PROBLEM:

Under pressure from big agribusiness, the USDA is deliberately refusing to

take action against factory farm dairy feedlots who are unethically selling

their products as " organic. " This blatant labeling fraud is compounded by a

loophole in federal organic regulations that is allowing unscrupulous organic

dairy farms to import young calves from non-organic conventional farms (where

the animals have been weaned on cow blood, injected or medicated with

antibiotics, and fed genetically engineered corn, soybeans and cotton seeds,

laced with slaughterhouse waste and tainted animal fats). These confinement and

feeding practices are inhumane, unhealthy, environmentally unsustainable, and

unfair to the majority of organic dairy farmers, who follow strict organic

principles on pasture access and animal feed, and do not import animals into

their herds from conventional farms.

Take action here: http://www.organicconsumers.org/usda.htm

 

 

WHERE DOES YOUR ORGANIC MILK COME FROM?

 

 

Actual photo of cows " grazing " at an " organic " factory farm.

Photo of cows grazing at

an organic family farm.

Some of the factory farms that currently confine thousands of cows in

close quarters are operated by leading organic dairies such as Dean Foods

(Horizon Organic) and Aurora Organic Dairy (producer of store brand organic milk

to chains such as Wild Oats, and supplier to Horizon).

 

 

 

THE SOLUTION:

On November 16, in Washington, DC, organic consumer and farm

representatives will attend the National Organic Standards Board meeting to urge

the USDA to stop allowing giant intensive confinement dairy feedlots to

illegally market their milk as " organic. " The OCA will be presenting a petition

with thousands of signatures, which you can sign online right now:

http://www.organicconsumers.org/usda.htm

 

For four years, the USDA has ignored requests from its own National

Organic Standards Board to clarify standards on organic dairy farms. These

clarifications would assure that animals have access to pasture, fresh air, and

water, and that a considerable portion of their diet is pasture grass, as

opposed to grains and other highly processed feeds used in confinement feedlots.

In addition, OCA and organic advocates want the USDA to put an end to the

practice of allowing organic dairies to increase their herd size by importing

young calves from conventional farms. OCA and the public interest Cornucopia

Institute need your help right now to pressure the USDA to stop these outrageous

practices. Click here to send a petition to the USDA:

http://www.organicconsumers.org/usda.htm

 

 

 

Despite these attacks on organic integrity, OCA is confident that we

can " Keep Organic Organic, " just as we've done before in 1998, 2002, and

2004--when the USDA and corporate agribusiness tried to degrade organic

standards by permitting genetic engineering, food irradiation, sewage sludge,

pesticides, hormones, antibiotics, and non-organic animal feed to be allowed

under the " USDA Organic " label. But to preserve organic integrity, we need your

continued vigilance, energy, and financial support. For more information, see

the " Safeguard Organic Standards " section of the OCA website, which is updated

daily. Donate Here: http://www.organicconsumers.org/donations.htm

 

 

For Organic Integrity,

 

Ronnie Cummins

National Director

Organic Consumers Association

 

 

 

 

Please forward this email to family and friends, place it on websites,

print it, duplicate it and post it freely. Knowledge is power!

 

 

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Phone: (218)-353-7454 Fax: (218) 353-7652

 

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- Organic Consumers Association

Tuesday, October 25, 2005 5:37 PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hello Lisa,

Action Alert!October 25, 2005 (this alert expires 11/15/2005) Stop Factory Farm Dairy Feedlots from Labeling Their Products as "USDA Organic"

Click here to sign an important petition to the USDA: http://www.organicconsumers.org/usda.htmApologies for the unusually high number of emails from us right now. Typically, you can expect only one email from the OCA every two weeks, but the national organic standards are currently under siege, as never before. As our SOS Action Alerts and newsletter, Organic Bytes, have pointed out over the past month, there is currently an industry-sponsored Sneak Attack on organic standards in the U.S. Congress. We've kept you updated about this Sneak Attack, involving an industry rider that would greatly weaken organic standards by allowing hundreds of synthetic substances to be used in organic production without proper review by the National Organic Standards Board and the organic community. We will keep you posted on that issue, and appreciate the more than 200,000 individual emails the OCA network of consumers has generated to Congress on that issue. We need a similar response from you on the following, equally serious issue...

THE PROBLEM:Under pressure from big agribusiness, the USDA is deliberately refusing to take action against factory farm dairy feedlots who are unethically selling their products as "organic." This blatant labeling fraud is compounded by a loophole in federal organic regulations that is allowing unscrupulous organic dairy farms to import young calves from non-organic conventional farms (where the animals have been weaned on cow blood, injected or medicated with antibiotics, and fed genetically engineered corn, soybeans and cotton seeds, laced with slaughterhouse waste and tainted animal fats). These confinement and feeding practices are inhumane, unhealthy, environmentally unsustainable, and unfair to the majority of organic dairy farmers, who follow strict organic principles on pasture access and animal feed, and do not import animals into their herds from conventional farms. Take action here: http://www.organicconsumers.org/usda.htm

 

 

 

 

 

WHERE DOES YOUR ORGANIC MILK COME FROM?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Actual photo of cows "grazing" at an "organic" factory farm.

 

Photo of cows grazing at an organic family farm.

 

Some of the factory farms that currently confine thousands of cows in close quarters are operated by leading organic dairies such as Dean Foods (Horizon Organic) and Aurora Organic Dairy (producer of store brand organic milk to chains such as Wild Oats, and supplier to Horizon).

 

THE SOLUTION:On November 16, in Washington, DC, organic consumer and farm representatives will attend the National Organic Standards Board meeting to urge the USDA to stop allowing giant intensive confinement dairy feedlots to illegally market their milk as "organic." The OCA will be presenting a petition with thousands of signatures, which you can sign online right now: http://www.organicconsumers.org/usda.htm

For four years, the USDA has ignored requests from its own National Organic Standards Board to clarify standards on organic dairy farms. These clarifications would assure that animals have access to pasture, fresh air, and water, and that a considerable portion of their diet is pasture grass, as opposed to grains and other highly processed feeds used in confinement feedlots. In addition, OCA and organic advocates want the USDA to put an end to the practice of allowing organic dairies to increase their herd size by importing young calves from conventional farms. OCA and the public interest Cornucopia Institute need your help right now to pressure the USDA to stop these outrageous practices. Click here to send a petition to the USDA: http://www.organicconsumers.org/usda.htm

 

 

 

 

Despite these attacks on organic integrity, OCA is confident that we can "Keep Organic Organic," just as we've done before in 1998, 2002, and 2004--when the USDA and corporate agribusiness tried to degrade organic standards by permitting genetic engineering, food irradiation, sewage sludge, pesticides, hormones, antibiotics, and non-organic animal feed to be allowed under the "USDA Organic" label. But to preserve organic integrity, we need your continued vigilance, energy, and financial support. For more information, see the "Safeguard Organic Standards" section of the OCA website, which is updated daily. Donate Here: http://www.organicconsumers.org/donations.htm

For Organic Integrity,

Ronnie CumminsNational DirectorOrganic Consumers Association

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Please forward this email to family and friends, place it on websites, print it, duplicate it and post it freely. Knowledge is power!

ORGANIC CONSUMERS ASSOCIATION 6771 South Silver Hill DriveFinland, MN 55603Phone: (218)-353-7454 Fax: (218) 353-7652

 

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