Friday, January 22, 2010

Take Action! Contact your representatives.

Take Action!
Ready-made forms at the TrueFoodNow.org network.
Just fill in the form and fire them off to your legislators


  • Tell USDA That You Care About GE Contamination of Organic Food!
    Alfalfa is the fourth most widely grown crop in the U.S. and a key source of dairy forage. It is the first perennial crop to be genetically engineered. It is open-pollinated by bees, which can cross-pollinate at distances of several miles, spreading the patented, foreign DNA to conventional and organic crops. Such biological contamination threatens the livelihood of organic farmers and dairies, since the U.S. Organic standard prohibits genetic engineering, and alfalfa exporters, since most overseas governments also reject GE-contaminated crops.

  • Tell Congress to create a tracking system for cloned animals!
    In poll after poll, the American public has said that it does not want to eat food that comes from cloned animals. A 2008 Food Marketing Institute poll indicated that 77% of Americans are not comfortable with eating foods from cloned animals. But we won’t have much choice about eating cloned foods unless USDA creates a robust system to track clones

  • Tell Mars and Hershey's to sign the Non-GM Beet Sugar Registry
    In 2001, Hershey's and M&M Mars told consumers they would not use genetically modified sugar. But now that GM sugar beets are being planted commercially, they have made no follow-up assurances. They produce the vast majority of candy on the market and need a little coaxing to stick to their pledges.



  • Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) has repeatedly introduced two bills related to GE crops and foods in the House of Representatives. The Genetically Engineered Food Right to Know Act would require mandatory labeling of all GE foods; the other, The Genetically Engineered Food Safety Act, would require mandatory, pre-market safety testing of GE foods. Tell your representatives that you demand to know what you are eating.


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