Food Democracy Now - 48 Hours to Stop Monsanto's GMO Alfalfa

48 Hours to Stop Monsanto's GMO Alfalfa

Your congressman has until the end of this week - 48 hours - to sign this letter and join their colleagues in asking Secretary Tom Vilsack to maintain the ban on Monsanto's genetically-modified (GMO) Roundup Ready™ alfalfa. Your voice, and theirs, is important now. Send this letter to them today asking them to do what they can to protect organics, farmers and the environment from this potential disaster. It just takes a moment.

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Subject: Dear Friend, I sent a letter to my senator and/or representative today encouraging them to sign a "Dear Colleague" letter written by Senator Leahy and Representative DeFazio, addressed to Secretary Tom Vilsack, asking him to not allow deregulation of Monsanto's Roundup Ready alfalfa. Genetically-modified (GMO/GE) alfalfa threatens the very fabric of organics, especially organic dairy. Please join me in this action at Food Democracy Now! http://action.fooddemocracynow.org/cms/thanks/sign_dear_colleague_letter?source=taf Thank you!

Here is the letter that we will email to your senator/representative today telling them that you support them in signing the "Dear Colleague" letter to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack.

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Dear [Decision Maker],

As you may know, Senator Leahy and Representative DeFazio are circulating a Congressional sign-on letter in the House and Senate asking USDA to maintain the ban on Genetically Engineered (GE) Alfalfa.

Monsanto wants to sell its genetically modified (GMO/GE) alfalfa and wants the USDA to approve its permit application, but consumers, farmers, dairies, and food companies don't want GMO/GE alfalfa plants and seeds released into the environment. USDA's Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) admits that if GE alfalfa is approved:

* GMO/GE Contamination of non-GMO and organic alfalfa crops will occur
* GMO/GE contamination will economically impact small and family farmers
* Foreign export markets will be at risk due to rejection of GMO/GE contaminated products
* Farmers will be forced to use more toxic herbicides to remove old stands of alfalfa

Yet, USDA has decided that these impacts are insignificant and have dismissed the concerns of farmers and consumers in our state.

As a consumer and a constituent, I urge you to sign on to the Leahy / DeFazio Dear Colleague Letter as soon as possible (You can view the letter here: http://www.nationalorganiccoalition.org/GMO/May2010CongressLetter.pdf).

Thank you for your attention to this very important matter.

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