[permaculture] Toxic Ag propaganda

Keith Johnson keithdj at mindspring.com
Sun Apr 12 07:57:28 EDT 2009


The MACA (funded by toxic agrochem companies) is spreading the usual 
lies and propaganda in schools near you. You can tell the other side of 
the story by speaking up. Resistance is fertile!


Subject: Tell Pesticide Peddlers: We support Michelle Obama's organic 
garden.

The Mid America CropLife Association <http://ambassador.maca.org/> 
(MACA) has a bone to pick with Michelle Obama. 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.

I am not making this up.

In an email they forwarded to their supporters, a MACA spokesman wrote 
<http://www.lavidalocavore.org/showDiary.do?diaryId=1309>, "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 and 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.

I just signed a petition telling MACA's board members to stop using 
Michelle Obama's garden to spread propaganda about produce needing to be 
sprayed with chemicals. I hope you will, too.

Please have a look and take action.

http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/wh_garden/?r_by=3454-743059-iBaJwex&rc=paste 
<http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/wh_garden/?r_by=3454-743059-iBaJwex&rc=paste> 


Thanks!

-- 

Keith Johnson
"Be fruitful and mulch apply."
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