To: Permaculture ibiblio <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [permaculture] Toxic Ag propaganda
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2009 07:57:28 -0400
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.