Stop Factory Farm Dairy Feedlots from Labeling Their Products as 'USDA Organic'

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Hi,

I ran across this important alert and thought it might interest you. The

signatures need to be in by November 16, 2005, so please consider taking

action right away. Here is the alert summary:

Under pressure from big agribusiness, the USDA is deliberately refusing to

take action against factory farms who are unethically selling their products

as " organic. " This blatant labeling fraud is compounded by a loophole in

federal organic regulations that is allowing unscrupulous organic dairy

farms to import young calves from non-organic conventional farms (where the

animals have been weaned on cow blood, injected or medicated with

antibiotics, and fed genetically engineered corn, soybeans and cotton seeds,

laced with slaughterhouse waste and tainted animal fats).

These confinement and feeding practices are inhumane, unhealthy,

environmentally unsustainable, and unfair to genuine organic farmers, who

follow strict organic principles on pasture access and animal feed, and do

not import animals into their herds from conventional farms. Thousand of

consumers and farmers are calling on the USDA to take action on this issue

at its National Organic Standards Board meeting on November 16, 2005.

Please sign the petition that will be presented at that meeting to end

factory farmed organics.

Take action here: http://www.organicconsumers.org/usda.ht

>From the Organic Consumers Association

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