Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["TradingPostPaul" <tradingpost@riseup.net>]

Sorry, no. This wild exaggeration has been all over the Internet for
months, and it's just not true. Check with organicconsumers.org for the
facts. They are an authority. 

Or just read 875. Has nothing to affect organic growing as such. 

Find something better to write congress about, like the threatening
consolidation of seed varieties by the seed giants. 

For anyone who gives it just a little thought, making millions of organic
growers criminals is beyond absurd. Exactly how would any government find
out if millions are not using chemicals on their gardens? Like I said,
beyond absurd. 


paul tradingpost@lobo.net
listowner

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On 4/2/2009 at 5:12 PM Martin Naylor wrote:

>Hi 
>I s the following true
>
>US House and Senate are about (in a week and a half) to vote on a bill
that
>will OUTLAW ORGANIC FARMING (bill HR 875)
>
>US House and Senate are about (in a week and a half) to vote on a 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!
>Scroll down for more details on the bill.
>Scroll down for WHAT YOU CAN DO.
>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 &
>** CALL YOUR SENATE REPRESENTATIVES TODAY!
>
>Get on that phone and burn up the wires. Get anyone else you can to do the
>same thing.
>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.
>
>** BEST THING TO DO is go to 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 is a list of the U.S. senators and their contact info:
>http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
>
>martin
>
>