POLITICS: Pollan as Sec. of Ag. petition

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Subject: Pollan for Secretary of Agriculture

Dear Friends,

Happy Thanksgiving,

As mindful consumers it is essential that we not only enjoy the

abundance of healthy, local, organic food but that we also take

action to secure a holistic national food system as well as a

sustainable international agricultural agenda.

In honor of this day and the abundance many of us are enjoying,

please take a moment to sign this petition:

http://www.petitiononline.com/MPoll4Ag/petition.html

This petition is a letter to president elect Obama, urging him to

appoint Pollen as the Secretary of Agriculture. The other

candidates that are up for election completely undermine the above

mentioned objectives and all support big agri-business and biotech

industries such as Monsanto. To protect your right to know what you

are buying and what you are consuming it is essential that we prevent

corporate interests from taking control of our global food systems.

To create a holistic and sustainable agricultural future that is not

based on economic, social, and ecological exploitation, it is

critical that our Secretary of Agriculture be a forward-thinking

circumspect, and environmentally minded individual.

For more information on who Micheal Pollen is, listen to a pod cast

here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95896389

and

here:http://www.wnyc.org/shows/bl/episodes/2008/11/27/segments/116803

and for information on sustainable agriculture here:

http://www.organicconsumers.org/

This petition is soooooooo important. Please sign and forward to all

of your friends and contacts.

Let's start a revolution!