* Action deadline - Dec 3 - stop irradiation of all leafy greens *

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Moderator's Note: I also posted about this today and included links to easily

find your senators & representatives.. Though this is not per se under the

scope of a bill- I think it is good to put pressure everywhere we can- because

quite honestly the USDA has a history of not listening to us- ie. " pasturized "

almonds.

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The USDA has a comments deadline of Monday, December 3, to oppose their plan

to irradiate all green produce ostensibly to " protect us " from E Coli

bacteria. EASY ACTION BELOW. They're planning on doing this due to a problem

stemming from E Coli contaminated spinach from some huge factory farms.

As the article below explains, this procedure might be necessary for

gigantic factory farms, but it would be WRONG to apply " one size fits all "

regulations to ALL farms, especially to small family run organic farms. They

note

especially that there are many types of vegetables that have NEVER caused E

Coli

contamination.

_http://cornucopia.org/index.php/protect-fresh-leafy-greens-and-family-farms/#

more-362_

(http://cornucopia.org/index.php/protect-fresh-leafy-greens-and-family-farms/#mo\

re-362)

Just as USDA recently decided to destroy the nutritive value of raw almonds

by Pasteurizing them, this latest is one more part of the broader corporate

agenda - only this would be FAR more reaching in its negative scope.

For easy action, go to

_http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizationsORG/oca/campaign.jsp?campaign\

_KEY=21743_

(http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizationsORG/oca/campaign.jsp?campaign\

_KEY=21743)

and scroll down.

 

 

 

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