True Food National Week of Action about Genetically Engineered Foods

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IF there is

anyone who cares about the food they eat it is a vegetarian, and those

who are trying to be one. Nowadays there are genetically engineered foods

routinely appearing on grocery store shelves, in farmers markets,

and other places where food is sold.

There is no requirement the manufacturer state on the package the food

is genetically engineered, nor does the grower have to state this,

nor the retailer or wholeseller of the food. Is all the GE food safe

to eat? No one may be able to get meat off the shelves and off the

property, but it seems reasonable to know whether the green beans were

genetically engineered or not. Ditto the whole wheat bread, dry beans,

soy flour, oatmeal, etc. Is the genetically engineered food safe to eat?

This upcoming week would only require we e-mail a pre-written message,

or e-mail our own, or telephone, or handwrite a Postal Service letter

letting our grocery store managers and owners, the food manufacturers, and

produce markets know we want to know how much of the food has been

genetically engineered and to state this on the labels or somewhere else

so we can see. Is this so much to ask?

I am not advocating any particular organization, just the disclosure

of what foods have been GE. Bruce in N.W. Indiana

 

--- National Week of Action

--- CALL FOR TRUE FOOD

--- FAX a Letter to a Supermarket CEO

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--- This Halloween season, join Greenpeace and the GE-Free Markets

Coalition in getting Frankenfoods Off Our Supermarket Shelves!

 

From October 26th to November 2nd, people across the US and Canada will

come together to demand that supermakets stop

their use of genetically engineered food in store brand

products.

 

Want to gather a few friends to join you in letting shoppers know what

they're eating and what they can do to

stop GE food? It's easy. Together we can help shift the

market in the US away from thus genetic experiment with our

food supply!

 

Send us an e-mail for a National Week of Action action

packet! geteam

 

 

 

--- CALL FOR TRUE FOOD

 

Leading up to the week of Week of Action, we are building

pressure on supermarket CEOs by calling their customer

call-in numbers weekly. Join us in building the pressure!

 

Make your first call TODAY!

 

Below are a list of phone numbers for supermarkets.If your supermarket

is not listed, you can call the toll- free

directory (1-800-555-1212) for the 1-800 number

for the store in your area. Or look them up in the phone

book.

 

What can you say?

 

1.GE foods are risky and untested and should not be in the

food supply.

 

2.Supermarkets in Europe stopped their use of GE food

ingredients in their store brand products. Now Trader Joe's,Whole Foods

and Wild Oats have done the same. Mainstream markets in the US can also

stop their

use of GE food.

 

3.Since the government won't protect consumers from GE food,

supermarkets must act and respond to what consumers

want- which is an end to the genetic experiment with our food.

 

4.Ask them to send you a letter in response to your demand

that the supermarket remove GE food from their store brand

products.

 

The most important thing is that you call and speak from

your heart. Why are you concerned about GE food? Let them

know. Also let them know that you will be calling until

they do the right thing.

 

We have just a few weeks to build up the pressure before the National

Week of Action. So start calling now!

 

Here are the phone numbers of the supermarkets that are

currently targeted by the GE-Free Markets Coalition:

 

Shaw's/ Star Markets

1-888-431-7429

 

Safeway (They own Vons, Pavilions, Genuardi's, Randall's,

Tom Thumb, Dominicks's, Carr's, Eagle Quality Center

and Pak N' Save.)

1-800-723-3929

 

Food Emporium

1-800-837-9237

 

Publix

1-800-242-1227

 

Food Lion

1-800-210-9569

 

If you do not have any of these stores in your area, you

can still participate! Simply call the 1-800 number of

the store in your neighborhood.

 

 

--- FAX a letter to a supermarket CEO! Take action online:

 

http://www.truefoodnow.org/bin/takeaction.fpl?action_id=114

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