Another sneak attack on organic standards. Only two days to reply.

[Metta]

Yet another sneak attack on what we eat. Reply link in the first couple of paragraphs.

http://www.organicconsumers.org/sos.cfm

[1956]

1. DONE!!

[peacebird]

2. done - k&r. Will call my Congresscritters tomorrow....

[Us vs Them]

3. Once again, corporate bottom line wins over human survival.

Poison everywhere, even in 'organic' foods. What is the point to this?

[Quakerfriend]

4. They are relentless! Thx for posting this!

I'M SO SICK OF THESE BASTARDS!

[Us vs Them]

5. I'm specifically worried about the implications this has on dairy

Cows are only required to qualify as 'organic' for 12 months prior to commercial milk production. Why? Organic is not just some marketing label to be slapped on a product that abides by arbitrary regulations. When I buy organic, I intend to support a sustainable business practice. I intend to buy food produced the way GOD intended it. Not some agriculture corporation that suddenly decided they could make more money by 'converting' their cows into organic.

[kaygore]

6. Done & shared with several alternative medicine sites

Thank you for the alert.

[motocicleta]

7. done. Thanks for sharing this. eom

[Tommy_J]

8. Just unbelievable... K&R

Here's a list of who pushed the rider through :

Sen Robert Bennett (R-UT)
Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA)
Sen. Kit Bond (R-MO)
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
Sen. Conrad Burns (R-MT)
Sen. Larry Craig (R-ID)
Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS)

[xxqqqzme]

9. thanx for posting

sent it on to my email list.

[bear425]

10. Done. k/r n/t

[Agony]

11. If you want to send the USDA a faxed comment on this.

It would probably be particularly effective for this guy to see lots of faxes
you can FAX a comment (cuz it has to happen by May 12th) to:

The comments you make as below are to fix a loophole that exists in the wording of the regulations, not the federal law on which they are based. A few certifiers are allowing dairy operation to exploit this loophole. You are helping to close the loophole.

Mark Bradley, Associate Deputy Administrator
Transportation and Marketing Program
National Organic Program
1400 Independence avenue, SW Room 4008-SO, Ag Stop 0268
Washington DC 20250

Fax [phone]

In your faxed comments please include:

• You are commenting on Docket No. TM-06-06-PR NOP
• That you support the USDA effort to strengthen dairy standards.
• There must be a single, consistent organic standard for dairy replacement animals.
• Animals born on the farm must be raised under organic management.
• Animals purchased as replacements or for expanding a herd must be organic from the last third of gestation.

The above deals with the issues regarding organic dairies, you could also include the below shamelessly stolen from organicconsumers.org.

(1) All "Commerical Availability" decisions should be opened to public comment and carefully reviewed by the National Organic Standards Board. The Secretary of Agriculture should not have the power to make these decisions independently.

(2) Leave control over policies governing synthetic ingredients and substances in the hands of the National Organic Standards Board and the organic community, not the USDA.

[Greyskye]

12. kicked, recommended, and forwarded.

Please do the same.

My family makes every effort to buy the very 'organic' products which this bill emasculates. PLEASE take the 30 seconds it takes to go to this link and make your voice heard.

http://www.organicconsumers.org/sos.cfm

[Bruden]

13. Pretty soon, organic will only mean organic chemistry

[roody]

14. done

[lostnfound]

15. Done.

[eridani]

16. Done n/t

[dusty64]

17. Ugh,

I hate these corporate puppets!

[grrl62]

18. done

and kicked!

[Recursion]

19. Give up on the "organic" label

And don't let USDA/FDA/whoever regulate it.

Form a consortium of serious organic producers. Come up with a name that is catchy but meaningless, like "Altria" (that's taken, but you get the point).

Then, trademark the name. Once you've done that, you get absolute control over who can and can't use it. No more lobbyists wheedling radiation and pesticides into the deal.

Just a thought, anyways.

[Ezlivin]

20. Done N/T