Speaking of organic...

[Guest guest]

Apologies to all who got this alert elsewhere, but I assume all those who didn't

will want to stand up and be counted in favor of organic produce. (FYI - I do

not have their cell phone, nor am I promoting cell phones of any sort.)

 

Good article, yarrow!

 

Sincerely,

Diane Harrison, Certified Master Cruise Counselor

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Kate Stayman-London, CREDO Action

Sat 4/11/09 11:15

Diane Harrison

Defend Michelle Obama's organic garden from pesticide lobbyists.

 

 

 

 

The pesticide peddlers are not happy with Michelle Obama.

We support organic gardening.

Tell the board members of MACA (virtually all of them big chemical executives)

that we don't appreciate their telling Michelle Obama (or any of us) to use

pesticides in our gardens.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Mid America CropLife Association (MACA) represents chemical companies that

produce pesticides, and they are angry that - wait for it - Michelle Obama isn't

using chemicals in her organic garden at the White House.

We are not making this up.

In an email they forwarded to their supporters, a MACA spokesman wrote, " While a

garden is a great idea, the thought of it being organic made [us] shudder. " MACA

went on to publish a letter it had sent to the First Lady asking her to consider

using chemicals - or what they call " crop protection products " - in her garden.

Michelle Obama has done America a great service by publicizing the importance of

nutritious food for kids (she's growing the garden in partnership with a local

elementary school class) as well as locally grown produce as an important,

environmentally sustainable food source.

MACA's letter is part of a larger propaganda effort to convince people that

chemicals are a necessary part of produce growth - when we know that's not true.

Click here to tell the MACA board that we support Michelle Obama's organic

garden, and we'll thank them to keep their propaganda out of it.

Thank you for working to build a more organic world.

Kate Stayman-London, Campaign Manager

CREDO Action from Working Assets

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