dragonfly ranch blog » Dear Friend http://dragonflyranch.com/blog Barbara's peregrinations on the fly Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:08:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Take action against Monsanto http://dragonflyranch.com/blog/2009/07/14/take-action-against-monsanto/ http://dragonflyranch.com/blog/2009/07/14/take-action-against-monsanto/#comments Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:43:02 +0000 admin http://dragonflyranch.com/blog/?p=571 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.
Please have a look and take action.

http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/casey_lugar_gmo/?r_by=4956-900431-Hn4dg_x&rc=paste

Thanks! Marilyn

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