[codexcampaign] Digest Number 31

[Guest guest]

Petition link:

 

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/324241766?z00m=83503 & z00m=83503 & ltl=11\

47389441

-

n decker

codexcampaign

Thursday, May 11, 2006 2:50 PM

Re: [codexcampaign] Digest Number 31

 

 

where's the petition link?

 

codexcampaign wrote:

 

There is 1 message in this issue.

 

Topics in this digest:

 

1. Fw: What's in Your Organic Milk?

" Donna.NeverSurrender " donna.neversurrender

 

______________________

______________________

 

Message 1

" Donna.NeverSurrender " donna.neversurrender

Wed May 10, 2006 9:17pm(PDT)

Fw: What's in Your Organic Milk?

 

 

-

aolfriends

sharinsharalike

Tuesday, May 09, 2006 12:54 PM

What's in Your Organic Milk?

 

 

Hi Sharin,

Major factory farmers have been selling their milk as organic when really

their cows are kept in feedlots.

 

 

Take action!

 

 

 

The USDA is supposed to require that all cows have access to pasture if

their milk is labeled " organic. "

 

But this rule is largely undefined, and as a result, major factory farmers

have been selling their milk as organic when really their cows are kept in

cramped feedlots - only let out to pasture when they're not producing milk. Say

no!

 

What's worse, according to the Organic Consumers Association: " a routine

practice on these giant dairy feedlots, many with thousands of cows, is to

continuously import calves from conventional farms where animals have been

weaned on blood, fed slaughterhouse waste and genetically engineered grains, and

injected or dosed with antibiotics. "

 

If this is the standard which constitutes organic, why are we paying double

for tainted milk?

 

Agribusiness is pushing to make this labeling loophole into law. Think about

the precedent this would set: if milk coming from cows raised in feedlots and

fed genetically modified grains can be called " organic, " what are acceptable

standards for organic meat, cheese, eggs, and produce?

 

Sign the petition demanding higher standards for organic farming.

 

The USDA is accepting public comments on this issue through this Friday, May

12th. If you believe in maintaining the integrity of organic farming, add you

comment here!

 

Once you've taken action, send the petition to friends, family, and anyone

who buys organic: http://go.care2.com/e/kmy/Kx/kTmF

 

Thanks for your action today.

 

Lauren Alvarez,

Care2 and ThePetitionSite Team

 

 

 

 

--------

Thank you for signing up to receive Health Alerts from Care2 via

ThePetitionSite! Your email address has not been bought from other sources. If

you learned something interesting in this newsletter, please forward it to your

friends, family and colleagues.

 

 

--------

 

Care2.com, Inc.

275 Shoreline Drive, Suite 150

Redwood City, CA 94065

http://www.care2.com

 

 

______________________

______________________

 

 

 

------