Rachel in KY Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 If the USDA allows Monsanto to mess with alfalfa, we can kiss our organics goodbye. Let your voice be heard! You can sign online petitions at http://action. fooddemocracynow .org/cms/ thanks/make_ a_stand_for_ organics? action_id= 226812&akid=.111538. jZp68y&taf=1 and http://action. freshthemovie. com/p/dia/ action/public/ ?action_KEY= 1753. PLEASE pass this on to your friends and family. ~Rachel www.kyfarmgirl. com The following is from Wood Prairie Farm in Maine: On Dec 14, 2009 the USDA released its draft Environmental Impact Statement on GMO Roundup Ready Alfalfa, grudgingly forced by lawsuit and the courts to carry out this legal requirement. The USDA draft EIS is an outrageous snow job that negates any environmental or economic impact caused by GMO alfalfa. The draft EIS clearly backs Monsanto and works against the best interests of the public and organic and non-GMO conventional farmers by completely deregulating GMO alfalfa and allowing its unlimited planting nationwide. Alfalfa is the United States' fourth most widely grown farm crop and it is a critical feed for livestock including organic dairy cattle. Because alfalfa is insect pollinated it will become impossible to prevent alfalfa seed contamination by GMO pollen, thereby resulting within a few years in the GMO contamination of all alfalfa fields, organic or otherwise. The USDA must be stopped from this insider GMO-precedent establishing whitewash and we must protect the consumer's right to choose food that is free of GMO content. Written comments are urgently needed that counter the USDA draft EIS. If you write only one letter this year to help protect our planet and our children from a dark Monsanto-GMO future, this is it! Please do it today! Comment deadline March 3, 2010. Thanks! Jim Click here to get background on the GMO Alfalfa issue. http://www.non- gmoreport. com/ArchivesTwo/ org&nongmo_feb10. pdf Click here to learn specific talking points and where to address your letter http://www.seedalli ance.org/ Advocacy/ alfalfa-alert/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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