Top 10 Reasons to Label Genetically Engineered Foods

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Monday July 26, 2010 · 11:13 AM PDT

2010/07/26 · 11:13

Ask Your Congresspersons to Cosponsor HR 5577, Representative Kucinich's Genetically Engineered Food Right to Know Act!

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Sunday July 11, 2010 · 7:44 PM PDT

2010/07/11 · 19:44

President Obama knows that agribusiness cannot be trusted with the policy and regulatory powers of government. On the campaign trail in 2007, he promised:

We'll tell ConAgra that it's not the Department of Agribusiness. It's the Department of Agriculture. We're going to put the people's interests ahead of the special interests.

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Monday June 21, 2010 · 7:28 PM PDT

2010/06/21 · 19:28

Gen-M, "Generation Monsanto," the first generation of humans force-fed genetically modified foods, hasn't reached reproductive age yet (they were born in the late 1990s). But, if a critical mass of animal feeding studies are any indication, the millennial generation, reared on Food Inc.'s unlabeled "Frankenfoods" can look forward to a long-term epidemic of cancer, food allergies, sterility, learning disabilities, and birth defects.

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Wednesday February 17, 2010 · 1:11 PM PST

2010/02/17 · 13:11

The following is a excerpt from Climate Catastrophe: Surviving the 21st Century, an essay by Ronnie Cummins and Will Allen.

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Thursday January 21, 2010 · 8:19 PM PST

2010/01/21 · 20:19

The problem of "waste" in the U.S. is both a local and a federal issue, with the Environmental Protection Agency providing the scientific veneer, among others, for the nation's profit-at-any-cost, multibillion dollar sewage sludge, garbage, and chemical fertilizer industries. Several decades ago, after public pressure forced corporations and municipalities to stop dumping toxic sewage sludge into the oceans and waterways (it was killing all the fish and marine life and polluting beaches), the EPA decided it was time to rename this hazardous waste "organic fertilizer" (or "biosolids") and to begin to spread municipal sewage sludge on millions of acres of non-organic farmland and rangeland. Emboldened by their success, EPA and the sludge industry then tried to tell us in 1998 that it would be OK to spread sewage sludge on organic farms as well. Fortunately OCA and the organic community beat them back as part of a massive nationwide grassroots campaign called Save Organic Standards (SOS).

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Friday January 15, 2010 · 9:16 PM PST

2010/01/15 · 21:16

Haiti, hit January 12 by a devastating earthquake, is the poorest country in the hemisphere.

The first priority is to get aid to Haiti. Please donate. The Organic Consumers Association recommends the Haiti Emergency Relief Fund, which is focusing its resources on helping Haiti's grassroots organizers -- including those involved in sustainable agriculture projects -- survive the crisis and rebuild. (Facebook users: Donate through Causes and spread the word.)

But, it is also important to understand why Haiti is so poor, and that Haiti did not become poor by accident, but as the result of actions of the US government -- including support for violent coups -- and US complicity in trade and lending policies that have destroyed civil society, crushed democracy, crashed the economy and turned a food exporting country into a food importing country, one where few have money to eat. Democracy Now has covered the effect of US action on Haiti for over a decade. Here are a few enlightening Democracy Now reports:

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Tuesday January 12, 2010 · 3:20 PM PST

2010/01/12 · 15:20

Hate to break it to you, but there are some so-called "organic" personal care products out there that aren't really organic and actually contain hazardous ingredients that would never be allowed in products certified to USDA organic standards.

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Have you bought health and beauty products you thought were organic, only to find that they weren't actually certified and contained ingredients that aren't allowed in certified organic products?

Yes, I've been fooled by "Amazon Organics."

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Yes, I've been fooled by "Avalon Organics."

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Yes, I've been fooled by "Desert Essence Organics."

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Yes, I've been fooled by "Earth's Best Organic."

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Yes, I've been fooled by "Giovanni Organic Cosmetics."

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Yes, I've been fooled by "Head Organics."

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Yes, I've been fooled by "JASON Pure Natural and Organic."

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Yes, I've been fooled by "Nature's Gate Organics."

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No, I always look for the USDA seal or the words "made with organic ingredients" along with the seal of a USDA accredited certifier before buying a product that says it's organic.

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Millions Against Monsanto

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Sunday January 10, 2010 · 6:41 PM PST

2010/01/10 · 18:41

After years of complaints from the Organic Consumers Association and our allies, the Department of Justice is investigating how big biotech and food corporations, including Monsanto, are monopolizing and controlling our seeds, food and farming. On November 13, 2009, the Obama Administration opened a public comment period that closed on December 31, 2009, seeking comments and information about how corporate control of the food system affects average Americans. Organic Consumers Association members concerned that Monsanto and Big Food corporations have inordinate and dangerous power over where our food comes from and how it's produced, sent 8954 letters to the Department of Justice last month. Here's a bit of what they had to say.

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Friday January 08, 2010 · 8:49 AM PST

2010/01/08 · 08:49

Ten Strategic Local Campaigns

Locally Grown Organic Food

Local Currencies and Community Banks

Health Care Access, Including Natural and Integrative Medicine

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Wednesday December 23, 2009 · 2:34 PM PST

2009/12/23 · 14:34

This article by Ronnie Cummins, director of the Organic Consumers Association, is reprinted with permission. The original article with live links is available HERE.

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Thursday December 17, 2009 · 7:11 PM PST

2009/12/17 · 19:11

Special Issue
The Copenhagen Climate Talks

* Video/Action of the Week: Scrap Cap & Trade, Force EPA to Crack Down on Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Pollution!
* Action Update: Art for the Climate
* Climate Justice Heroes: La Via Campesina in Copenhagen
* Zero Waste for Zero Warming: More Compost, Less GHGs from Landfills

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Friday December 04, 2009 · 10:43 PM PST

2009/12/04 · 22:43

First published at OrganicConsumers.org

January: The Inauguration of Hope & Change
February: Yoplait & Dannon Go Growth Hormone-Free
March: Stop NAIS! Over 10,000 OCA Activists Take Action
April: Organic Garden at the White House
May: USDA Gives Farmers $50 Million to Go Organic
June: Via Organica Launched in Mexico
July: Organic Concerns Shape Food Safety Debate
August: Whole Foods Promises to Sell More Organics in 2010
September: USDA Disowns "Organic-Biotech" Report
October: Court Declares GMO Sugar Beet Approval Illegal
November: NOSB Tells USDA to Stop Organic Cosmetics Fraud
December: Stop Siddiqui! 77,000 People Take Action

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