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  • From: Neil Bertrando <neilbertrando@gmail.com>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] Short notice: Send 10K Signatures Against Monsanto - Important. Please act and pass on
  • Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2010 11:03:50 -0800

the Deadline has been reached for this petition

On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 9:36 AM, FranandDave Nokes <fdnokes@hotmail.com>wrote:

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> seems like many will welcome this message.
> sorry for short notice.
> fran
> Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2010 08:40:40 -0800
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> Inge's comment: .... This time it is Genetically Engineered sugar beets.
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> When you consider how many processed foods are sweetened with sugar, you
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> will realize that this GE product will contaminate almost every product on
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> the store shelves.
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> Please take the time to respond - Monsanto cannot be permitted to operate
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> ignoring the courts and the law.
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> http://action.freshthemovie.com/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=4856
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> It probably won't come as a surprise that Monsanto actually feels they have
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> the right to bypass the US Federal Court system.
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> Just last August, a Federal court ruled that the USDA's prior approval of
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> Monsanto's genetically engineered "Roundup Ready" sugar beets was unlawful
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> because the USDA had neglected to conduct adequate analysis of the impacts
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> of this crop on farmers and the environment. The ruling made it illegal to
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> plant or sell genetically engineered (GE) sugar beets until further studies
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> were conducted, which the USDA estimated would be finished in 2012.
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> But Monsanto doesn't play by the rules. They had the audacity to go ahead
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> and plant the illegal seedlings, which, two days ago were ordered to be
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> destroyed by US court. This is the first time in US history that a court
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> has ordered a genetically modified crop destroyed. Despite all of this,
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> USDA is proposing to allow Monsanto to sell & plant the GE sugar beet seeds
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> this spring. To add insult to injury, we have an absurdly short window to
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> voice our opposition - the USDA is giving us till December 6th to submit
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> comments regarding their proposal.
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> In the last 48 hours, we've gathered over 6,000 signatures in opposition to
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> the USDA's proposal. Please join us and help us reach 10,000 by Monday.
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> Click here to sign our petition to the USDA by the December 6th deadline.
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> We cannot let Monsanto's sugar beets get through - it sets a bad precedent,
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> suggesting that Federal ruling doesn't really mean anything and that
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> Monsanto has more power than the government agencies that are supposed to
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> maintaining checks and balances to keep our food system safe.
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> Currently, the USDA does not require manufacturers to label foods that
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> contain GE ingredients. The U.S. is one of the world's largest sugar
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> producers - sugar beets account for 55% of our sugar products. This year,
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> it's estimated that 95% of the sugar beet seeds in the US are genetically
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> modified. Unless we act now, we aren't going to have an option for non-GMO
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> sugar beets.
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> The multi-million dollar agriculture companies are pushing hard to get GE
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> foods into our food supply without our knowledge and we have to fight back.
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> You have till December 6th to sign the petition and rally your friends and
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> family around this important issue. Let's send them 10,000 signatures.
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> rally, as only grassroots organizing can do!
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> Sign our petition to the USDA now!
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> http://action.freshthemovie.com/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=4856
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> Thanks for all you do to stand up to Monsanto.
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> Eat safe,
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> Lisa, Ana & Jamie, the FRESH team
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> FRESHthemovie.com
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> C 2008 FRESH the movie - New thinking on what we're eating.
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