Stop Food Price Speculation
To: The President of the United States, Your U.S. Senators and Your U.S. House Representative
Started by: Food First
183 Civil Society Groups Urge President Obama and the U.S. Congress to Curb Food Speculation to Address the Urgent Hunger Crisis
Today a coalition of faith, hunger, international development, human rights, farm and food organizations, including Food First, sent a letter to President Barack Obama requesting speedy U.S. government action to prevent speculation in agricultural futures markets that threatens the food security of hundreds of millions of people worldwide. The letter states that “A significant part of last year’s food price fluctuations were the result of excessive speculation in the commodities markets by the very hedge funds and investment banks that helped create the current economic meltdown.”
The letter states that the 2008 food price volatility “could have been stopped with sensible rules that, if enforced, would have staved off the malnutrition and starvation that was caused by excessive gambling of food prices. Important reforms are needed now to prevent mega-investors from viewing the futures market like a casino where they can gamble on hunger.”
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261 Signatures Thus Far!
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Pamylle Greinke
Peconic, NY
- Sent letter to Tim Bishop , Barack Obama and Chuck Schumer
- Jun 21
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Danetta Amschler
Seattle, WA
- Sent letter to Barack Obama , Patty Murray , Maria Cantwell and Jim McDermott
- Jun 20
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Janet Solomon
Ecum Secum, Canada
- Sent letter to Ileana Ros-Lehtinen , Mel Martinez , Bill Nelson and Barack Obama
- Jun 20
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C. John Bengiovanni
Sacramento, CA
- Sent letter to Dan Lungren , Doris Matsui , Dianne Feinstein , Barbara Boxer and Barack Obama
- Jun 19
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Echo G.
Ashland, OH
- Sent letter to Jim Jordan , Barack Obama , Sherrod Brown , Bob Latta , John Boccieri and George Voinovich
- Jun 19
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Bryan D. Freehling
Lahaska, PA
- Sent letter to Patrick Murphy , Barack Obama , Arlen Specter and Bob Casey
- Jun 19
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Ginger Geronimo
Birmingham, AL
- Sent letter to Spencer Bachus , Artur Davis , Richard Shelby , Jeff Sessions and Barack Obama
- Jun 19
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A. R.
A., TX
- Sent letter to Joe Barton , Ken Marchant , Barack Obama , Kay Hutchison and John Cornyn
- Jun 18
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Michelle DeFelice
Tucson, AZ
- Sent letter to Gabrielle Giffords , John McCain , Jon Kyl , Barack Obama and Raul Grijalva
- Jun 18
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Angie Whiteman
Jersey, United Kingdom
- Sent letter to Barack Obama , Frank Lautenberg and Bob Menendez
- Jun 17
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