A Call for Immediate Action Regarding a Threat to Organic Food

Monsanto, Cargill, ADM pushing to outlaw organic farming

. March 26, 2009

MARCH 26, 2009 - US 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 Monsanto - chemical and genetic engineering giant corporation (and Cargill, ADM, and about 35 other related agri-giants). 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=epXNJNjYBvw&feature=related

And another one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeWVkTU1s1E

The 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 and call your senate representatives today. 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 //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 link http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm is a list of the U.S. senators and their contact info.

Don't let the corporate giants destroy our freedom to grow organic food! Monsanto is a BAD company and has already ruined organic corn crops. There is no such thing as organic corn anymore because the genetically modified seed crops they introduced in the early 1990's wiped out all natural corn in North and South America. The same with Soybeans.

In under developed countries, such as India, Africa, and South America, Monsanto has taken advantage of the lack of environmental preservation laws and genetically altered crop seeds so that once the seed grows, the plant does not produce seed so the farmers have to keep buying seed from Monsanto each time they harvest instead of being able to use the seed harvested naturally from their crops.