While the Obama Administration has supported organics with several notable actions during its first 100 days of office, appointing organic advocate Kathleen Merrigan to Undersecretary of Agriculture and planting organic gardens at the White House and USDA headquarters, the Administration has followed in the footsteps of Clinton & Bush, cheerleading for genetically engineered crops at home and abroad.
Upon returning from the G8 summit in Italy, Secretary of Agriculture Vilsack pledged to promote Big Biotech abroad as part of President Obama's foreign policy. Vilsack's comments came in the wake of President Obama's announcement that the United States would provide "double support for agricultural development to over $1 billion so that we are giving people the tools they need to lift themselves out of poverty. … This is not just charity though. These are future markets for all countries, and future drivers of growth." "Agricultural development,"from the Administration's perspective seems to mean exporting the US's toxic industrial agriculture model, with genetically engineered crops at the forefront.
Take Action! Send Secretary Vilsack a letter and urge him to:
* Require mandatory labeling of all genetically engineered food.
* Promote truly sustainable and organic agriculture in the U.S. and abroad.
* Protect non-GE and organic farmers by passing "polluter pays" legislation for damages caused by genetically engineered organisms.
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http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/642/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=27280
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