Deny Americans the Right to Know—'DARK' Act.
Dear Organic Consumer,
As you know, our country, and our world, are in trouble.
Rising poverty rates. Corrupt banking system. Soaring public health issues. Unending wars. Crumbling infrastructures. Broken education system. Global warming.
Pick your problem.
With so much work to be done, you would think Congress would have better things to do than waste its time helping corporations hide the truth about the products they sell you.
Yet thanks to hordes of Monsanto lobbyists, 275 members of the U.S. House of Representatives recently voted to keep you from knowing whether or not the food you buy has been genetically engineered and doused with cancer-causing Roundup.
Any day now, the Senate could do the same. And the GMO labeling fight will be over.
We are about to enter a critical phase in the GMO labeling battle. Can you support this work with a donation today? We need to raise $200,000 by midnight September 30, to give this fight our all. You can donate online, by phone or by mail, details here.
We shouldn’t have to fight this hard, spend this much money, devote this number of staff hours, just to get a product that’s produced with a known carcinogen, labeled.
But here we are. And we need your help.
Now that Monsanto has rammed HR 1599, a bill we not-so-affectionately call the DARK—Deny Americans the Right to Know—Act, through the House, it’s only a matter of time before we see its companion bill introduced in the Senate.
Monsanto has done a masterful job of masking the true intention of this bill from Senate members.
We know this. Because we read the industry propaganda that deceptively portrays the DARK Act as a consumer-friendly bill which merely creates a “uniform federal labeling standard”—when what it would really do, is guarantee GMO foods will never be labeled.
We know this because our staff and volunteers have been meeting with Senators and their staff all over the country. It’s been an uphill battle at each and every one of these meetings to undo the lies, untangle the half-truths that have wrongly convinced many Senators they should vote “yes” on the DARK Act.
Can you support this work with a donation today? We need to raise $200,000 by midnight September 30 to give this fight our all. Please make a generous donation today online, by phone or by mail.
We’re not just holding meetings. We’ve been writing and placing letters to the editors and op-eds in national newspapers.
We’ve hired our own lobbyist to prepare a critical legal analysis and meet with key Senators. We’re working with state GMO labeling co-sponsors on a letter to Congress outlining why they should defeat the DARK ACT.
We are preparing petition deliveries to Sen. Bernie Sanders in Burlington, Vt., and to President Obama, at the White House.
We have press conferences in the works for later this month.
We’re planning a national rally in Washington D.C. next month, in front of the Grocery Manufacturers Association, the multi-billion dollar trade group that helped Monsanto write the DARK Act.
We are throwing everything we’ve got at this. Just to get a label on a product produced with a chemical the World Health Organization has declared a human carcinogen.
We shouldn’t need to do this. But we do. And we need your help.
This is it. This is the critical phase in the GMO labeling battle. ...
Thank you!
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Ronnie Cummins
National Director, Organic Consumers Association and Organic Consumers Fund
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Permalink Reply by Christopher on
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It seems encouraging at times, that there is still reason to believe, that many food producers do not agree with MON$ANTO'$ GAS" plan; "Genetically Altered Society".
I love Pop Corn, and Orville Redenbacher sells "NON GMO"; "GLUTEN FREE" popping corn for air/oil poppers - Its written boldly on the label too - I bought a 3.6 Kg container at COSTCO and the SKU # is: 58807 08286.
I do not use microwave popcorn, and especially avoid being anywhere near the stuff with so-called butter added to it in the microwave package - there has been much said about the health implications of these products.
Many of these food companies must surely realize that educated consumers are no longer buying 'their' CORN products, knowing fully well that they (products) are MOST likely made from GMO (MON$ANTO) CORN.
We can make sacrifices in more ways than one, in order to stay in the fight against GMO - we can make donations to the cause, and or; avoid using GMO products - look for NON-GMO ones.
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Permalink Reply by Sweettina2 on
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Right on! The people's voices are being heard. You hurt them in their pocketbook, you csn take them down financially.
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That's right. And although 'they' need to hear our voices; it is perhaps more important, that our actions continue to speak volumes.
The more that we, as consumers, become informed, as to which products to avoid buying, simply to prevent the sales of Monsanto contaminated (GMO) products, is the more that the retailers and, other business, will tend to avoid the GMO, and or other questionable products taking up valuable space on their shelves.
Its the market (sales) which will help change peoples (business owners) minds, regarding the worth (not) of GMO products.
Here is a very informative and motivational presentation by Jeffery Smith, which speaks toward the important influence by consumers, and its impact on business...sales:
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Here is a perfect example of how consumers may be influential in affecting the sales and marketing of questionable (food) products:
Ractopamine? - Banned in 160 Nations
Why is Ractopamine in U.S. Pork?
If you care about the drugs that make it into the food supply; then you should care about RACTOPAMINE.Because of safety concerns, about 160 nations have ban, or restrict the use of this drug, during pig production - but that hasn't stopped the U.S. pork industry from feeding it to an estimated 60 to 80 percent of American pigs, to rapidly boost growth rates.
FULL STORY: http://www.livescience.com/47032-time-for-us-to-ban-ractopamine.htmlRussia Announces Barriers on Imports of U.S. Meat
The United States Department of Agriculture considers ractopamine safe and does not test for it. The United States exports about $500 million worth of beef and pork to Russia.
Mr. Onishchenko said there were serious questions about the effects of ractopamine.
“For instance, use of ractopamine is accompanied by a reduction in body mass, suppression of reproductive function, increase of mastitis in dairy herds, which leads to a steep decline in the quality and safety of milk,” he told Interfax on Saturday.
The United States Department of Agriculture on Friday asked Russia to suspend the requirement, saying it could effectively halt beef and pork exports to Russia.
Full Story: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/09/world/europe/russia-announces-bar...;
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Permalink Reply by Burbia on
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http://www.naturalnews.com/051242_GM_crops_Russia_non-GMO.html
Kinda makes you think if Hungary also bans Monsanto GMO's and Russia, why they are being targeted for invasion and war.
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How far would 'they' go?
This information (URL) is so interesting, and it serves to show how much these policies have been either ignored, or disregarded.
1862 – 2014: A Brief History of Food and Nutrition Labeling
http://blog.fooducate.com/2008/10/25/1862-2008-a-brief-history-of-f...
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Permalink Reply by Amaterasu Solar on
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"Global warming" is BS and a tax scheme, so it is only a problem in the sense that We must fend Their devious deeds off. But yes. We have a problem if We persist in consenting to these psychopaths and Their systems. I propose better ways of doing things. Ones that do NOT promote psychopaths. See My blog here.
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Came across some very encouraging news while browsing on the topic of GMO versus Organic.
Farm numbers dip, but organic farms up: Statistics Canada
According to the Report on Agriculture, released by Statistics Canada in May 2012, the number of certified organic operations has continued to grow across Canada. Organic farms numbered 3,713 in 2011, which was 1.8 percent of Canadian farm operations overall. This is up from 1.5 percent in 2006 and 0.9 percent in 2001.
Growth in organic operations has slowed, with an increase of four percent from 2006 to 2011. The increase in the previous five-year period was 67 percent. But even meagre growth in organic farm numbers is impressive when you consider the overall trend in agriculture.
Full Story: http://www.producer.com/2012/06/farm-numbers-dip-but-organic-farms-...
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Monsanto Wins 1st Senate Vote on Roberts-Stabenow DARK Act!
It’s full of loopholes and exemptions.
It allows food companies to “disclose” GMO ingredients using barcode technology and websites, instead of clear words, in plain view, on the package.
It won't kick in for another two years, even though many food companies are already labeling in order to comply with Vermont’s law.
And here’s the best worst part: The Roberts-Stabenow bill gives food companies permission to flaunt the law by ensuring that there will be no penalites, no consequences, if they fail to comply.
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Why do We consent to this psychopath-promoting system???
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I can only say; the one 'democratic' tool that is available to us, to possibly effect some change, is our vote. Just how effective that tool is, is another story - and I believe that most of us are not too confident, that there will be much of a worthwhile change. Are the candidates and or elected officials listening to the masses (99%ers)? I'm certain that they are not - and also believe, that most of them, have an separate, or personal agenda. The continuance of the transfer of wealth, into their banks.
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