US can’t help indigenous farmers AND Monsanto, too….

Such triangulation will just end up killing off those farmers, and the rest of us as well.

MCM

Tell your friends: Monsanto can’t feed the world.

Dear Ruth,

Last week, we sent you a message asking you to tell the Senate to reject the Casey-Lugar bill and any other legislation that would push genetically modified organisms as a strategy for feeding the developing world.
You stepped up in a big way, and we’ve already got 25,953 signatures from across the country! To be able to weigh in with the biggest possible impact, we need to get to 30,000 signatures by the end of the week. Can you help?

Please take a minute to tell your friends about our campaign to keep companies like Monsanto from extending the reach of their genetically modified products, which have been shown to be ineffective in combating the global food crisis.

You can also forward the sample letter below to your e-mail circle. And thank you for all you do.
Adam Klaus
Campaign Manager, CREDO Action

Sample letter to send to your friends:
Subject: Tell Your Senators: Monsanto can’t feed the world

Dear Friend,

In a promising move, the G8 – a group of the world’s eight wealthiest nations – has just announced a shift away from providing direct food aid to developing countries and towards helping farmers abroad produce and distribute their own food.

That’s a laudable goal. But the Obama administration along with members of the U.S. Congress are using this singular moment to move their own agenda: propping up U.S. biotechnology companies like Monsanto. They hope to accomplish this by promoting genetically modified seeds and chemical inputs as tools to fight hunger, despite research that shows that genetically modified organisms (GMOs) have little impact on crop yield and do not fare well in drought-prone regions that need the most help.

I just took action and signed a petition asking my senators to oppose the Casey-Lugar bill that would push GMOs on the world. I hope you will, too.

http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=4252&id=4956-1211782-yioz.7x&t=6

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US can’t help indigenous farmers AND Monsanto, too….

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