Guest guest Posted August 27, 1999 Report Share Posted August 27, 1999 Hi Group; Please get involved, we all need it! Thanks and God bless! Sonja Hi, thanks for contacting us at Organic Consumers Association. You are currently on our email action alert/weekly updates list. There are several options for helping us. Subscribe: - If you don't already subscribe to Organic View(devoted to organic food issues and the work of the OCA), our free online bi-weekly newsletter,please subscribe. You can help recruit new subscribers to Organic View. See below my signature for instructions on how to subscribe to Organic View. - To learn more about genetic engineering and food politics subscribe to Campaign for Food Safety News (formerly Food Bytes), our free online monthly alert. You can help recruit new subscribers to our newsletters. See under my signature for instructions on how to subscribe to both Organic View and Campaign for Food Safety News. Volunteers: - We need individuals to help identify coops/health stores in your area that do not have our Save Organic Standards-SOS flyers. Send us their name, address and telephone number and we will contact them. Coordinators: - We need city/regional/state coordinators that can help distribute action alerts to stores, organizations and groups that are not hooked up to email and that are not in our data base. You can help us develop a local data base of activists and those interested in the issues (for email, fax, and telephone " trees " ). Make sure you visit our web site on a regular basis for new articles and information. Donations: - We need donations to help pay for flyers and posters. Donations can be sent to: OCA, 860 Highway 61, Little Marais, MN 55614 Action: - We need people to contact their elected Congressional senators and representatives, the United States Department of Agriculture, the President and Vice-President about the importance of strong organic standards. president@...(President Bill Clinton) vice.president@... (VP Al Gore) agsec@...(Dan Glickman, Secretary of the US Department of Agriculture) - Write letters to the editor on organic issues. - Email this message to everyone on your email lists. Also, please send me your complete address, phone and fax so I can add you to our data base and connect you with other activists in your area. We are gearing up for the second round of USDA's Organic Standards. We have free display packets available to send to coops/buying clubs/organizations/stores that include: 1 poster, counter top display holder and 100 flyers to inform your members/consumers about the second round of USDA's Organic Standards. Please let me know if you would like a display packet sent to you or if you know of a store that hasn't received our pkt. of information. The Organic Consumer Association group is a new national grassroots consumers campaign which grew out of the massive organic consumer response to the USDA's first round on Organic Standards(270,000 comments were submitted). Many of you are getting Campaign for Food Safety News (formerly Food Bytes) and were actively involved in the Save Organic Standards - SOS campaign during the first round. The OCA has speakers available but we do need transportation/lodging expenses paid for and an honorarium. Reminder!!! Send this out to everyone on your email lists. Thanks Debbie Debbie Dunbar Ortman National Field Organizer Organic Consumers Association 3547 Haines Rd. Duluth MN 55811 (218) 726-1443 (218) 726-1446 Fax safefood@... http://www.organicconsumers.org Hi, thanks for contacting us at Organic Consumers Association. I have already added you to our email action alert list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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