"After years of bureaucratic wrangling, a recently USDA environmental review may finally approve Monsanto's GMO alfalfa. If approved, GMO alfalfa will fundamentally undermine the entire organic industry overnight. Despite massive outcry the USDA says American consumers don't care about the contamination of organics! ACT TODAY: comments are due by close of business this Wednesday, March 3rd.
Please join in calling on Secretary Vilsack to stand up for Organic Family Farmers---and reject approval of Monsanto's GMO alfalfa by signing this petition.
During the Bush administration Monsanto illegally won USDA approval for its GMO alfalfa by convincing USDA regulators to bypass a mandatory environmental review. In 2007, a court reversed this decision, ordering the USDA to complete the legally required environmental impact statement.
Surprisingly, the Obama Administration's recent review would approve Monsanto's GMO Alfalfa.
The draft USDA EIS was issued in December 2009 and is poised to allow Monsanto's GMO alfalfa on the market, despite the fact that the USDA admits these seeds will contaminate organic feed that organic dairy farmers rely on to produce organic milk.
According to the CEO of the largest farmer-owned organic dairy coop in the U.S. 'GMO alfalfa threatens the very fabric of the organic industry.....we can't allow this to happen.'
To tell Secretary Vilsack you care about organic contamination and that you want him to stand up for the organic industry and organic consumers Google 'Food Democracy Now' and click on the 4th link "Act now or kiss your organics goodbye."
Thank you for helping to protect our food chain.
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