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Stand Against GE Alfalfa--from Organic Valley and More
Stand Against GE Alfalfa--from Organic Valley and More
Date: 2/1/2011 9:22:58 PM ( 13 y ) ... viewed 42023 times &df&JServSess
THIS IS NO TIME FOR DIVISIVENESS
I say that.
Gary Hirshberg comments
http://redgreenandblue.org/2011/01/30/stonyfield-farm-takes-a-swing-at-monsan...
LETTER TO THE WHITE HOUSE
ON ORGANIC ALFALFA
http://ota.capwiz.com/ota/issues/alert/?alertid=24747501
Please sign and send now.
from the Organic Trade Association
7:27 pm
February 1, 2011
http://www.organicvalley.coop/newsroom/press-releases/details/article/we-stan...
WE STAND UNITED IN OPPOSITION TO GE ALFALFA
January 31, 2011
We stand united in opposition to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) decision to once again allow unlimited, nationwide commercial planting of Monsanto's genetically engineered (GE) Roundup Ready alfalfa, despite the many risks to organic and conventional farmers.
Last spring more than 200,000 people submitted comments to the USDA highly critical of the substance and conclusions of its draft EIS on GE Alfalfa. Instead of responding to these comments and concerns, including expert comments from farmers, scientists, academics, conservationists, and food safety and consumer advocates, the USDA has chosen instead to listen to a handful of agricultural biotechnology companies.
USDA's decision to allow unlimited, nationwide commercial planting of Monsanto's GE Roundup Ready alfalfa without any restrictions flies in the face of the interests of conventional and organic farmers, preservation of the environment, and consumer choice. USDA has become a rogue agency in its regulation of biotech crops and its decision to appease the few companies who seek to benefit from this technology comes despite increasing evidence that GE alfalfa will threaten the rights of American farmers and consumers, as well as damage the environment.
The Center for Food Safety will be suing on this decision.
In the coming months, we will be seeing USDA proposals to allow unrestricted plantings of GE sugar beets, and GE corn and soy crops designed to resist toxic pesticides, such as 2-4D and Dicamba, highly toxic pesticides that pose a serious threat to our health and the environment. To win these critical and difficult battles, the entire organic community, and our allies in the conventional food and farming community, will have to work together.
Now is the time to unite in action. We need to work together to restore sanity to our food system, stop the deregulation of GE crops and join together against the forces that are seeking to silence hundreds of thousands of Americans.
As we move forward, we are united in opposing genetically engineered organisms in food production and believe that pressure to stop the proliferation of this contaminating technology must be focused on the White House and Congress. The companies responsible for this situation are the biotech companies whose GE technology causes genetic drift and environmental hazards that are not contained as the deregulation of genetically engineered alfalfa goes forward. The organic community stands together with consumer, farmer, environmental and business interests to ensure practices that are protective of health and the environment.
We urge you to join us today.
Sign up to receive action alerts:
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Consider making a donation to the legal effort ahead:
https://secure3.convio.net/cfs/site/Donation2?1311.donation=form1_id=1311ionI...
Let the White House know that you do not support the deregulation of GE alfalfa:
http://ota.capwiz.com/ota/issues/alert/?alertid=24747501
Sincerely,
Christine Bushway, Organic Trade Association
Jay Feldman, Beyond Pesticides
Michael Funk, United Natural Foods Inc (UNFI)
Elizabeth Henderson, NOFA Interstate Council
Gary Hirshberg, Stonyfield Farm
Liana Hoodes, National Organic Coalition
Kristina Hubbard, Organic Seed Alliance
Faye Jones, Midwest Organic Sustainable Education Service
Robby Kenner, Robert Kenner Films
Andrew Kimbrell, Center for Food Safety
Russell Libby, Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners (MOFGA)
Ed Maltby, Northeast Organic Dairy Producers Alliance (NODPA)
Robyn O’Brien, Allergy Kids
Keith Olcott, Equal Exchange
Michael Pollan, Author
Maria Rodale, Rodale Inc.
Eric Schlosser, Author
Robynn Schrader, National Cooperative Grocers Association (NCGA)
Corinne Shindelar, Independent Natural Food Retailers Association (INFRA)
George Siemon, Organic Valley
Michael Sligh, Rural Advancement Foundation International (RAFI)
Megan Westgate, Non-GMO Project
Maureen Wilmot, Organic Farming Research Foundation (OFRF)
Enid Wonnacott, Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont (NOFA-VT)
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This is an experiment that I am doing,
growing organic alfalfa seedings in a BioSmart
sugar cane bagasse container.
This is a refinement of the
Kid Activity that I began at the
Hillcrest Farmers Market
about one month ago.
HOW FAST CAN A BLADE OF GRASS GROW?
http://plantyourdream.net/?p=1122
"Let us seek truth everywhere; let us cull it wherever
we can find its blossom or its Seed. Having found the seed,
let us scatter it to the winds of heaven.
Where ever it may come, where ever it may blow,
it will germinate. There is no lack in this wide universe of souls
that will form the new ground." --Roman Rolland,
--From The Forerunners.
Nobel Peace Prize for literature, 1917
Romain Rolland Institute, Japan
SUPER RIPE IMAGE
ORGANIC ALFALFA SEEDLINGS
Organic Alfalfa Seedlings growing
February 10, 2011 in a BioSmart Sustainable
package made out of Sugar Cane Bagasse.
This is a project all kids can do to see
how fast a dream can grow.--
Keep The Beet Media Star
The World's First Talking Beet Plant says.
ORGANIC ALFALFA SEEDLINGS
GROWING IN A BIOSMART SUGAR CANE
BAGASSE CONTAINER
THIS 6 OZ CONTAINER IS AVAILABLE
HERE AND IS MADE FOR NUMBERS OF
PACKAGING USES.
This is a compostable container.
Get this container here.
http://www.biosmartpackaging.com/Default.aspx?cat=3273∏=615
5:58 pm
February 10, 2011
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