From: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." <venaurafarm@bellsouth.net>
To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [permaculture] Fwd: [SANET-MG] Fw: Alfalfa Plan B
Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2011 16:59:54 -0500
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Subject: [SANET-MG] Fw: Alfalfa Plan B
Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2011 12:55:41 -0800
From: sals3 <sals3@COX.NET>
To: SANET-MG@LISTS.IFAS.UFL.EDU
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From: John D'hondt
To: OGL@LSV.UKY.EDU
Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 10:49 AM
Subject: Fw: Alfalfa Plan B
If you in de US have not seen this ...
john
Dear Friends,
We’re angry! MILLIONS of us are angry and outraged at the approval of GM
alfalfa. And on top of that, the USDA also did an end-run around the
courts to keep GM sugar beets growing, AND approved a GM corn used for
ethanol.
So what do we do? Surrender? Never!
Before I propose a way forward, I want to share a victory you may have
missed in the first paragraph. I said MILLIONS. That’s right, there are
millions of us. And you can hear our frustration flying around in blogs,
emails, press reports, petitions, etc. Do you remember the reaction just
four years ago when GM sugar beets were approved for sale? There was
nothing close to this response. It was hardly a blip. Where we have come
in just a few years is a cause for celebration. And an unprecedented
opportunity to throw our new weight around.
Within the first six months of last year, we witnessed more people in
the US than ever before enthusiastically getting the word out about the
dangers of GMOs. This was in part due to the huge internet distribution
channels that have been getting articles and videos out to MILLIONS
every month. (Thank you all!) And then there was the high profile media
coverage of GE salmon and the sugar beet and alfalfa court cases.
In spite of their bitter outcomes at the hands of the USDA, the
prolonged alfalfa and sugar beet fights actually helped elevate GMOs on
our personal and national radar screens.
And now with MILLIONS of us grasping the significance and devastating
loss of yet another crop, we have the components in place for a national
revolution. We have the knowledge, the emotion, the network, and the
profound injustice. Now we need an action plan. Enter Alfalfa: Plan B.
It’s time to use our collective power to move the market directly. It’s
time we let the food companies know that we have new healthier criteria
if they want to keep us as customers. And front and center in those new
criteria is to commit to no GM alfalfa in their supply chain (which is
used as animal feed, particularly to dairy cows).
This is our moment! Send a letter to dozens of dairies and food
companies simultaneously. Let them know how strong we feel and how
MILLIONS strong we are. When they get the message about the coming
non-GMO tipping point, they’ll realize it’s time to remove all GM
ingredients, not just alfalfa.
Share this “click and send revolution” with your friends, shop using the
Non-GMO Shopping Guide, and tell the food companies the truth about
GMOs. And for those who want to do even more, you are invited to join a
local or national Non-GMO Action Group, to expand our numbers even further!
Send a letter now!
Safe Eating,
Jeffrey
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[permaculture] Fwd: [SANET-MG] Fw: Alfalfa Plan B,
Lawrence F. London, Jr., 03/09/2011