permaculture

[Lawrence London <lfljvenaura@gmail.com>]

Tell Congress to Dump Monsanto's Riders!

Attached to the Agricultural Appropriations Bill (H.R. 5973) is the
“Farmers Assurance Provision” (Section 733), which Monsanto convinced House
Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman Rep.
Kingston (R-GA) to attach to the original version. The rider, aptly renamed
the “Monsanto Protection Act, is nothing more than a sneak attack on
American farmers, consumers and the environment. If passed, it would give
Monsanto immunity from federal law by allowing the biotech industry to
plant genetically modified crops, even if a federal court has ordered the
planting be halted until an Environmental Impact Statement is completed.

UPDATE (December 4th, 2012):
We have a friend in Congress! Not every Member of Congress has sold-out to
Monsanto. Representative Peter DeFazio (D-OR) is circulating a letter to
all of his colleagues in Congress opposing Monsanto's riders. Please ask
your Member of Congress to join Rep. DeFazio by signing-on to his "Dear
Colleague" letter! We've updated the message below with this news, along
with news of anti-regulatory riders attached to the Farm Bill.

Click here to send your representative a letter telling them to “Dump
Monsanto's Rider”:
http://www.organicconsumers.org/ocaactions.cfm?actionnum=8644