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_Tell President Obama & Secretary Vilsack to halt the planting of

Monsanto's GMO alfalfa._

(http://action.fooddemocracynow.org/go/370?akid=318.141128.pNHTmW & t=5)

Dear Arnold,

Our apologies regarding the previous email, apparently there were some

technical difficulties. As always, thank you for your patience and support!

Earlier this year when the Obama administration approved Monsanto’s Roundup

Ready GMO alfalfa for planting they set off a firestorm of criticism from

farmers and citizens across the country. Many felt betrayed by the

administration as the approval came despite the fact that more than 200,000

American farmers and citizens submitted public comments requesting that the U.S.

government deny the approval and the fact that 93% of the alfalfa hay grown

in the U.S. does not use any herbicides at all, making this Roundup Ready

crop unnecessary to most farmers.

Subsequent to this decision, more information came to the attention of the

public when it became known that internationally-recognized plant

pathologist, Dr. Don Huber, had written a letter to Secretary Vilsack. Dr.

Huber

asked him to delay his decision on Monsanto's Roundup Ready alfalfa and

provide support for further scientific study in light of evidence that he and a

team of other scientists had discovered a link between Roundup Ready crops,

massive crop failures and spontaneous abortions and infertility in mammals.

When Dr. Huber sat down for a taped interview with Food Democracy Now! in

March, he detailed his grave concerns about the discovery of an unidentified

organism associated with these problems farmers were seeing in their

fields and livestock herds. His question to Secretary Vilsack and the USDA was:

" What's the urgency? " Why add to the problem by approving more Roundup

Ready crops when we have serious problems needing further scientific research,

he asked.

_Click here to watch Dr. Huber explain the threat that Monsanto's GMO

alfalfa poses to our farmers, livestock and food supply_

(http://action.fooddemocracynow.org/go/385?ak_proof=1 & akid=.264989.opwIkH & t=6 & ak\

id=318.141128.pNHTm

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_http://action.fooddemocracynow.org/go/385?ak_proof=1 & akid=.264989.opwIkH & t=

8 & akid=318.141128.pNHTmW_

(http://action.fooddemocracynow.org/go/385?ak_proof=1 & akid=.264989.opwIkH & t=8 & ak\

id=318.141128.pNHTmW)

copy and paste the letter and send to your congressmember _www.house.gov_

(http://www.house.gov) and senators _www.senate.gov_

(http://www.senate.gov)

urge that they contact secretary Vilsack and ask him to withraw a[pproval

of Genetically Modified Alfalfa.

All Dr. Huber asked for was a little more time and some assistance from the

federal authorities to help complete a number of the studies that were

urgently needed to help protect farmers, their animals and the public.

Click on the link below to join Dr. Huber in the call to halt the further

sale and planting of Monsanto’s Roundup Ready GMO alfalfa until more

independent science can be conducted.

_http://action.fooddemocracynow.org/go/370?ak_proof=1 & akid=.249387.sXvRG5 & t=

10 & ak_proof=1 & akid=.264989.opwIkH & akid=318.141128.pNHTmW_

(http://action.fooddemocracynow.org/go/370?ak_proof=1 & akid=.249387.sXvRG5 & t=9 & ak\

_proof=1 & akid=

..264989.opwIkH & akid=318.141128.pNHTmW)

Now, the first planting of Monsanto’s Roundup Ready GMO alfalfa has been

put in the ground across the country and conventional non-GMO and organic

farmers face the real threat of genetic contamination and the major loss of

economic income that those crops bring to their farms. Experts predict that

in less than 5 years, there will be no organic or conventional alfalfa left

in America.

Not heeding Dr. Huber's warning could spell disaster for organics, the

economic well being of farmers and potentially the health of the American

people.

Click on the link below to automatically add your name to the letter to

tell President Obama and Secretary Vilsack to halt the sale and planting of

Monsanto’s Roundup Ready GMO alfalfa until more independent science can be

conducted.

_http://action.fooddemocracynow.org/go/370?ak_proof=1 & akid=.264989.opwIkH & t=

12 & akid=318.141128.pNHTmW_

(http://action.fooddemocracynow.org/go/370?ak_proof=1 & akid=.264989.opwIkH & t=11 & a\

kid=318.141128.pNHTmW)

Please join more than 40,000 Food Democracy Now! members who have already

added their voice to this letter. If we can get 50,000 co-signers, we’ll fly

out to DC ourselves and deliver the letter. We’ll show Secretary Vilsack

photos of affected plants and livestock, and ask him directly how he can

justify letting planting go ahead while these serious questions are

unanswered.

And if we can raise just $2,000 for travel, we'll deliver your signatures

directly to the USDA, and take a farmer and a scientist with us to explain

the serious concerns regarding plant diseases and livestock infertility

associated with Roundup Ready corn and soybeans that have already caused

farmers serious economic harm.

_Pitch in $25 here _

(http://fdn.actionkit.com/go/372?ak_proof=1 & akid=.264989.opwIkH & t=13 & akid=318.14\

1128.pNHTmW) to help deliver your message to

Washington DC:

_http://fdn.actionkit.com/go/372?ak_proof=1 & akid=.264989.opwIkH & t=15 & akid=31

8.141128.pNHTmW_

(http://fdn.actionkit.com/go/372?ak_proof=1 & akid=.264989.opwIkH & t=14 & akid=318.14\

1128.pNHTmW)

Please join us in telling the administration and the USDA to halt the sale

and planting of Roundup Ready alfalfa immediately until independent

scientific research can be completed. Let this administration know that we

demand

that they determine the safety of genetic engineering of our food before we

eat it and feed it our families.

We are committed to this fight now, more than ever - please join us.

Together, our voices will create the future we deserve.

Thank you for participating in food democracy-

Dave, and the Food Democracy Now! Team

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