Love in Action: Speak up!
From my friend, Robin:
It's been awhile since I've sent an activism email out but this seems urgent to me so I am passing it onto you.
H.R. 875 Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009, if passed, will criminalize organic farms, force ORGANIC farms to use pesticides and force us to use them in our own back yards. No surprise here as MONSANTO is one of the backers of this bill which is the world's largest herbicide and pesticide company and the leading producer of Genetically Engineered seeds which are now causing unexpected diseases in humans and evil on many other levels (watch Future of Food).
There is an enormous rush to get this into law within the next 2 weeks before people realize what's happening. This Bill will require organic farms to use specific fertilizers and poisonous insect sprays dictated to "make sure there is no danger to the public food supply". There are 40 co-sponsors to the bill and 6 of the 40 are from CA!
S. 425: Food Safety and Tracking Improvement Act
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s111-425
H.R. 875: Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-875
ACTIONS YOU CAN TAKE TO SPEAK UP AND LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD:
1. Contact your members at 202-224-3121 and ask them to oppose HR 875 and S 425.
*Ask them if they have personally read the legislation and what their position is.
*If they have not read the legislation, ask them to read it and politely let them know that just because other representatives are not reading the legislation and voting on it does not mean they can do the same.
2. Find out who sits on your state agricultural and farming committee and contact them with your concerns. In CA: www.assembly.ca.gov/acs/ne
3. Write your Congressperson a letter opposing these bills. A form letter is at the bottom of this email you can use. Click here to find out your Congressperson: https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml
4. Tell everyone you know about this, whether they are organic eaters or not so that people are informed and can choose to act if they feel so called.
Let your voice be HEARD, exercise your RIGHTS and STOP these horrific bills from being passed. SPREAD the word and SPEAK UP NOW!
Blessed Be,
Robin
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Dear ,
As a concerned citizen, and a consumer of organic produce, I feel compelled to write to you regarding bill H.R. 875: Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009 – which requires the use of pesticides on all produce. While I applaud your concern for food safety, and the attempt to create traceability for food borne illnesses, I urge you strike down this bill! Based on your generally democratic voting record, I was shocked to see your name on the list of co-sponsors of this bill.
Consider the impact that this bill may have on small scale farms and Certified Organic growers who sell their products directly to the public. No one should be forced to use dangerous pesticides in the name of “prevention of a health hazard” for any reason. In fact, these pesticides are cancerous to human and animal health. Nor should the government be allowed to dictate what is used on private property in the name of “preventing a health hazard.”
It should be illegal in fact, for any corporation such as Monsanto, to have any influence on the wording of a bill that has direct ties to its own commercial interests. It should also be illegal for anyone to craft or co-sponsor a bill that has any familial or professional ties to a corporation that would receive the financial benefit of a piece of legislation.
Please take care to include provisions that will support and represent the unique opportunity for food safety that our local food economies represent in this country. Our laws must be crafted to truly support individual wellness, not suppress it. Our nation would be well served to follow the policy of the European Union, and copy the laws they have in place that prevent harmful chemicals from infesting the food supply.
I also vigorously urge Congress to require labeling on all genetically modified food items, so that we may be able to record their potential health consequences on the population. (under Section 201, b). The safety of our food supply in this area is truly hidden from the public in order to support the financial interests of a handful of companies. This MUST stop.
Please remember that you and your loved ones will also consume this very same food. Are you willing to put your health and that of your family and loved ones at risk because you were unwilling to legislate in favor of the Truth?
Respectfully,
Western laziness consists of cramming our lives with compulsive activity, so that there is no time at all to confront the real issues.
-Sogyal Rinpoche
It's been awhile since I've sent an activism email out but this seems urgent to me so I am passing it onto you.
H.R. 875 Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009, if passed, will criminalize organic farms, force ORGANIC farms to use pesticides and force us to use them in our own back yards. No surprise here as MONSANTO is one of the backers of this bill which is the world's largest herbicide and pesticide company and the leading producer of Genetically Engineered seeds which are now causing unexpected diseases in humans and evil on many other levels (watch Future of Food).
There is an enormous rush to get this into law within the next 2 weeks before people realize what's happening. This Bill will require organic farms to use specific fertilizers and poisonous insect sprays dictated to "make sure there is no danger to the public food supply". There are 40 co-sponsors to the bill and 6 of the 40 are from CA!
S. 425: Food Safety and Tracking Improvement Act
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s111-425
H.R. 875: Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-875
ACTIONS YOU CAN TAKE TO SPEAK UP AND LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD:
1. Contact your members at 202-224-3121 and ask them to oppose HR 875 and S 425.
*Ask them if they have personally read the legislation and what their position is.
*If they have not read the legislation, ask them to read it and politely let them know that just because other representatives are not reading the legislation and voting on it does not mean they can do the same.
2. Find out who sits on your state agricultural and farming committee and contact them with your concerns. In CA: www.assembly.ca.gov/acs/ne
3. Write your Congressperson a letter opposing these bills. A form letter is at the bottom of this email you can use. Click here to find out your Congressperson: https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml
4. Tell everyone you know about this, whether they are organic eaters or not so that people are informed and can choose to act if they feel so called.
Let your voice be HEARD, exercise your RIGHTS and STOP these horrific bills from being passed. SPREAD the word and SPEAK UP NOW!
Blessed Be,
Robin
......
Dear ,
As a concerned citizen, and a consumer of organic produce, I feel compelled to write to you regarding bill H.R. 875: Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009 – which requires the use of pesticides on all produce. While I applaud your concern for food safety, and the attempt to create traceability for food borne illnesses, I urge you strike down this bill! Based on your generally democratic voting record, I was shocked to see your name on the list of co-sponsors of this bill.
Consider the impact that this bill may have on small scale farms and Certified Organic growers who sell their products directly to the public. No one should be forced to use dangerous pesticides in the name of “prevention of a health hazard” for any reason. In fact, these pesticides are cancerous to human and animal health. Nor should the government be allowed to dictate what is used on private property in the name of “preventing a health hazard.”
It should be illegal in fact, for any corporation such as Monsanto, to have any influence on the wording of a bill that has direct ties to its own commercial interests. It should also be illegal for anyone to craft or co-sponsor a bill that has any familial or professional ties to a corporation that would receive the financial benefit of a piece of legislation.
Please take care to include provisions that will support and represent the unique opportunity for food safety that our local food economies represent in this country. Our laws must be crafted to truly support individual wellness, not suppress it. Our nation would be well served to follow the policy of the European Union, and copy the laws they have in place that prevent harmful chemicals from infesting the food supply.
I also vigorously urge Congress to require labeling on all genetically modified food items, so that we may be able to record their potential health consequences on the population. (under Section 201, b). The safety of our food supply in this area is truly hidden from the public in order to support the financial interests of a handful of companies. This MUST stop.
Please remember that you and your loved ones will also consume this very same food. Are you willing to put your health and that of your family and loved ones at risk because you were unwilling to legislate in favor of the Truth?
Respectfully,
Western laziness consists of cramming our lives with compulsive activity, so that there is no time at all to confront the real issues.
-Sogyal Rinpoche
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