POLITICAL: STOP MonSatan GE Alfalfa

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http://www.organicconsumers.org/monsanto/action.cfm

Stop Monsanto's New encrops

* Don't Let the USDA Approve Monsanto's RoundUp Ready Alfalfa!

* Stop Monsanto's ensugar!

Recent legal victories won by the Center for Food <http://truefoodnow.org/>

Safetyhave given sustainable agriculture activists an

opportunity to stop two new encrops, genetically engineered sugar beets and

alfalfa.

Monsanto's alfafa and sugar beets are spliced with manipulated foreign genes

that allow them to withstand massive doses of

Monsanto's RoundUp herbicide. Not only are these so-called " RoundUp Ready " crops

dangerous for human consumption (check out

<http://www.organicconsumers.org/monlink.cfm#top10> " The Top 10 Reasons to Label

Genetically Engineered Food " ), but scientists are

warning that the RoundUp itself " may have dire

<http://www.organicconsumers.org/monlink.cfm#direconsequences> consequences for

agriculture such as rendering soils infertile, crops non-productive, and plants

less nutritious. "

The courts have ruled that the USDA (under President W. Bush), acted

illegally when they approved genetically engineered

alfalfa and sugar beets without first looking at their potential environmental

impacts, like whether Monsanto's crops could

permanently contaminate the supply of normal alfalfa and sugar beet seeds with

their engenes.

Now, the ball is in the USDA's court (under President Barack Obama).

Unfortunately, it looks like Obama's USDA is just as likely to

cave to Monsanto's biotech bullying as Bush's. Only massive public opposition to

Monsanto's new encrops can turn this around.

TAKE ACTION:

* Don't

<https://ssl.capwiz.com/grassrootsnetroots/issues/alert/?alertid=14469696> Let

the USDA Approve Monsanto's RoundUp

Ready Alfalfa!

* Stop <http://www.organicconsumers.org/kelloggs.cfm> Monsanto's ensugar!

* Download the Boycott Kelloggs

<http://www.organicconsumers.org/ge/GEsugarLeaflet.pdf> / Monsanto GE Sugar

leaflet (pdf)