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  • From: FranandDave Nokes <fdnokes@hotmail.com>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [permaculture] Short notice: Send 10K Signatures Against Monsanto - Important. Please act and pass on
  • Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2010 11:36:29 -0600



seems like many will welcome this message.
sorry for short notice.
fran
Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2010 08:40:40 -0800





Inge's comment: .... This time it is Genetically Engineered sugar beets.



When you consider how many processed foods are sweetened with sugar, you

will realize that this GE product will contaminate almost every product on

the store shelves.



Please take the time to respond - Monsanto cannot be permitted to operate

ignoring the courts and the law.







http://action.freshthemovie.com/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=4856







It probably won't come as a surprise that Monsanto actually feels they have

the right to bypass the US Federal Court system.



Just last August, a Federal court ruled that the USDA's prior approval of

Monsanto's genetically engineered "Roundup Ready" sugar beets was unlawful

because the USDA had neglected to conduct adequate analysis of the impacts

of this crop on farmers and the environment. The ruling made it illegal to

plant or sell genetically engineered (GE) sugar beets until further studies

were conducted, which the USDA estimated would be finished in 2012.



But Monsanto doesn't play by the rules. They had the audacity to go ahead

and plant the illegal seedlings, which, two days ago were ordered to be

destroyed by US court. This is the first time in US history that a court

has ordered a genetically modified crop destroyed. Despite all of this, the

USDA is proposing to allow Monsanto to sell & plant the GE sugar beet seeds

this spring. To add insult to injury, we have an absurdly short window to

voice our opposition - the USDA is giving us till December 6th to submit

comments regarding their proposal.



In the last 48 hours, we've gathered over 6,000 signatures in opposition to

the USDA's proposal. Please join us and help us reach 10,000 by Monday.

Click here to sign our petition to the USDA by the December 6th deadline.

<http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Y6IoJQDaNrb1qER74FfG6

7bxRbJ96H2i>



http://action.freshthemovie.com/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=4856

<http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=%2FmVdErCJUy1dRiRBm4y

%2BMrbxRbJ96H2i>



We cannot let Monsanto's sugar beets get through - it sets a bad precedent,

suggesting that Federal ruling doesn't really mean anything and that

Monsanto has more power than the government agencies that are supposed to be

maintaining checks and balances to keep our food system safe.



Currently, the USDA does not require manufacturers to label foods that

contain GE ingredients. The U.S. is one of the world's largest sugar

producers - sugar beets account for 55% of our sugar products. This year,

it's estimated that 95% of the sugar beet seeds in the US are genetically

modified. Unless we act now, we aren't going to have an option for non-GMO

sugar beets.



The multi-million dollar agriculture companies are pushing hard to get GE

foods into our food supply without our knowledge and we have to fight back.



You have till December 6th to sign the petition and rally your friends and

family around this important issue. Let's send them 10,000 signatures. Let's

rally, as only grassroots organizing can do!

<http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=%2BpqITW%2BX%2Bc2wF5o

kUMnHlLbxRbJ96H2i>



Sign our petition to the USDA now!

<http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=mCRd09sfL3YqT3B3UJtUj

LbxRbJ96H2i>

http://action.freshthemovie.com/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=4856



Thanks for all you do to stand up to Monsanto.



Eat safe,



Lisa, Ana & Jamie, the FRESH team

FRESHthemovie.com







C 2008 FRESH the movie - New thinking on what we're eating.



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