URGENT: Bill will Outlaw ALL Organic Farming! ONLY monsanto GE seed will be allowed!!!

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Please write now and call too. Even if you have already done it, do it again and again. They must not pass this. My letter is at the bottom. Use it or write your own. Organic Farming - Urgent action required Dear Friends of Organic,We received this letter from our friend, Dr. Incao today. If the law he refers to is passed, it seems to herald the end of the organic movement in this country. Urgent action is required to prevent this. Please send this letter on to everyone in your personal/professional network that cares about organic farming and urge them to take action towards their local Congress representative.By acting swiftly now, we hope that this assault on the organic movement can still be stopped.Best regards,Susanne and Torodd LienDear Friends:I am sending you this information about a bill that puts organic farming in jeopardy. Please read about it and put in your word of protest.Thanks,Philip IncaoUS House and Senate are about (in a week and a half) to vote on bill that will OUTLAW ORGANIC FARMING (bill HR 875). There is an enormous rush to get this into law within the next 2 weeks before people realize what is happening.Main backer and lobbyist is (guess who) Monsanto – chemical and genetic engineering giant corporation. This bill will require organic farms to use specific fertilizers and poisonous insect sprays dictated by the newly formed agency to "make sure there is no danger to the public food supply". This will include backyard gardens that grow food only for a family and not for sales.If this passes then NO more heirloom clean seeds but only Monsanto genetically altered seeds that are now showing up with unexpected diseases in humans.There is a video on the subject.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thE54K3PaTYAnd another one:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeWVkTU1s1EThe name on this outrageous food plan is Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009 (bill HR 875).THIS IS REAL, FOLKS! PASS THIS ALONG TO ALL CONCERNED ON YOUR MAILING LISTS & CALL YOUR SENATE REPRESENTETIVES TODAY! Get on that phone and burn up the wires. Get anyone else you can to do the same thing. The House and Senate WILL pass this if they are not massively threatened with loss of their position.... They only fear your voice and your vote.The best thing to do is go to www.house.gov/writerep <http://www.house.gov/writerep> <http://www.house.gov/writerep> all you have to do is put in your zip and it will give you your congressperson and how to get in touch with them. When you call their office someone will answer the phone, just tell them (politely) that you are calling to express your views on HR 875. Tell them your views, they'll take your name and address and pass your comments along to the congressperson. The following linkhttp://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm is a list of the U.S. senators and their contact info.Philip F. Incao, MDSteiner Holistic MedicineP.O. Box 894276 North Spruce St.Crestone, CO 81131-0894Phone/Fax: 719-256-5647philip philipDear Senator…, RE S.425Or Dear Representative….,RE: HR 875 Have you READ this bill??? It is astoundingly intrusive to even a family gardener and benefits only the BIG AGRI businesses. It would basically outlaw organic farming and small producers of even home grown food, giving a monopoly to these big businesses. THIS MUST NOT BECOME LAW. Under a heading described as protecting the public health and ensuring the safety of food it creates a "Food Safety Administration" within Health and Human Services. Oddly, it doesn't just add regulations to the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) which is also under HHS. The bill applies to all manner of "Food Establishments" and "Food Production Facilities" (note the following excerpt).(14) FOOD PRODUCTION FACILITY- The term ‘food production facility’ means any farm, ranch, orchard, vineyard, aquaculture facility, or confined animal-feeding operation.The bill would appear to even cover some fishing boats and potentially your downtown hot dog street vendors. "Transportation" of food also could be covered. In fact, the bill would also apply to a family garden since no exemption is apparent.What it essentially does is place a tremendous regulatory burden on all of these organizations and individuals by requiring them to have "food safety plans", consider all relevant hazards, testing, sample keeping, and maintenance of all kinds of records. The bill also allows the government to dictate all manner of standards related to fertilizer use, nutrients, packaging, temperature controls and other items. This is outrageous. You can’t dictate to farmers and gardeners what to do and how to do it.This massive bloat in government regulation (and taxpayer expense to support it) would add additional cost and headache to every farm, some fishing boats, slaughterhouse, processing plant, CO-OP and anyone else associated with growing, storing, transporting or processing food. The bill authorizes fines of up to $1,000,000 (one million) dollars for "each act" and for "each day" of a violation. Imagine how important food production and distribution, largely recession proof, could be if our economy continues to decline and inflation takes hold. Large dominant corporations often will use government to demand industry regulations that force the small competitor out of business or introduce barriers to entry that prevent new companies from starting up to compete. In the early part of the 20th century a tremendous amount of regulation was written by the industries themselves to be enacted into law. This bill will do tremendous harm to family farms or independent food operators. Only massive companies have the ability to meet these regulations. You must prevent them from controlling our food supply. Please stand up and protect us. Sincerely,