Only 7 Hours to Save Organics!!

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_Tell the USDA to reject Monsanto's GMO alfalfa

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_Keep organics safe from GMOs!_

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Tell the USDA that you care about about organic contamination, reject

Monsanto's GMO alfalfa!

Sign The Petition

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1.2Hnjmt & rd=1 & t=3_

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Late Monday evening we sent out an alert inviting you to take a stand for

organic foods and tell Secretary Vilsack to reject Monsanto's GMO alfalfa.

In less than 24 hours more than 30,000 Food Democracy Now members took

action!

 

 

You're incredible! But we need your help now more than ever. In the next 7

hours before the comment period ends, we want to reach over 40,000 signers

to let Secretary Vilsack know how many people care about this issue.

 

 

Tell Secretary Vilsack that you care about organics and to reject

Monsanto's GMO alfalfa:

_http://fdn.actionkit.com/go/112?akid=94.100181.2Hnjmt & t=6_

(http://fdn.actionkit.com/go/112?akid=94.100181.2Hnjmt & t=6)

 

 

If you've already signed, please take moment to send this to your friends

who also care. It only takes a moment.

 

 

Everything you thought you knew about organics is about to change. If the

USDA and Monsanto get their way, organic integrity is about to go the way

of the dinosaur.

 

 

Once again, the organic industry is under assault. This time the USDA is

determined to let Monsanto ride roughshod over common sense environmental

rules that would protect organic farmers from having their crops contaminated

by Monsanto’s genetically modified seeds.

 

 

Tell Secretary Vilsack that Monsanto’s GMO alfalfa cannot be allowed to

undermine the organic industry. Comments are due by close of business TODAY

Wednesday, March 3rd. So please act today:

_http://fdn.actionkit.com/go/112?akid=94.100181.2Hnjmt & t=8_

(http://fdn.actionkit.com/go/112?akid=94.100181.2Hnjmt & t=8)

 

 

During the Bush administration, Monsanto illegally won USDA approval for

its GMO alfalfa by convincing USDA regulators to bypass a mandatory

environmental review.1 In 2007, a court reversed this decision, ordering the

USDA

to complete the legally required environmental impact statement (EIS).

 

 

Shockingly, the Obama Administration’s recent review would approve Monsanto

’s GMO alfalfa.

 

 

The draft USDA EIS was issued in December 2009 and is poised to allow

Monsanto’s GMO alfalfa on the market, despite the fact that the USDA admits

that these seeds will contaminate organic feed that organic dairy farmers rely

on to produce organic milk.2

 

 

According to the CEO of the largest farmer-owned organic dairy coop in the

U.S., GMO alfalfa “threatens the very fabric of the organic industry.â€3

We can’t allow this to happen.

 

 

Despite massive public outcry in the past, the USDA's environmental review

went so far as to say that U.S. organic consumers don’t care about GMO

contamination.

 

 

Tell Secretary Vilsack that you care about organic contamination and that

you want him to stand up for the organic industry and organic consumers.

_http://fdn.actionkit.com/go/112?akid=94.100181.2Hnjmt & t=10_

(http://fdn.actionkit.com/go/112?akid=94.100181.2Hnjmt & t=10)

 

 

Thanks for participating in food democracy,

 

 

Dave, Lisa and the Food Democracy Now! Team

 

 

Help support our work: If you'd like to see Food Democracy Now!'s

grassroots work continue, _please consider donating what you can, whether it's

$5

or $50. Every bit helps!_

(http://fdn.actionkit.com/go/100?akid=94.100181.2Hnjmt & t=11) . We appreciate

your support!

 

 

Sources:

 

1. Farmers Sue USDA Over Modified Alfalfa Crop, The New Standard, March 3,

2006

_http://fdn.actionkit.com/go/108?akid=94.100181.2Hnjmt & t=13_

(http://fdn.actionkit.com/go/108?akid=94.100181.2Hnjmt & t=13)

 

 

2. Roundup Ready® Alfalfa Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), United

States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection

Service (APHIS) website

_http://fdn.actionkit.com/go/109?akid=94.100181.2Hnjmt & t=15_

(http://fdn.actionkit.com/go/109?akid=94.100181.2Hnjmt & t=15)

 

 

3. USDA stance on GM alfalfa threatens “fabric of organic industryâ€, The

Organic & Non-GMO Report, February, 2010

_http://fdn.actionkit.com/go/110?akid=94.100181.2Hnjmt & t=17_

(http://fdn.actionkit.com/go/110?akid=94.100181.2Hnjmt & t=17)

 

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