PUBLIC BEWARE. STOP THE GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY ACT.

Why This Is Important

[started about 2 years ago --- 03/27/11 UPDATE: Status of link indications added below . . . some are still ♥ good, others gone ✩ bye bye.  The petition that is made an "example" of below no longer exists that I am aware of. However, it is a good History Lesson for us all to gain better perspective for future decisions, . . .

♥ along with OCA info here: http://www.change.org/petitions/food-safety-modernization-act-of-2009

♥ OCA Petition here: http://food.change.org/actions/view/will_the_real_monsanto_bill_please_stand_up_oca_petition
the text of which is also copied in the BLUE BOX here below.

♥ AND the Grand Masterpiece of Compilation from the one who started this idea here:
http://food.change.org/actions/view/educate_yourself_to_protect_and_defend_the_world_our_supply
Started by Walter L. Bradley Jr.
This is not merely a reading-education pledge. There are some very excellent petitions here.
Check it out.  Highly recommended for DedicatedMonomaniacs!
THANKS!  ©€L§c}{vv@^+z™   .•*¨`*♥   ]

p.s. --- if URLs don't get you there from here, PASTE em.


BACKGROUND / HISTORY:
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        The Global Food Security Act of 2009 is a scam that will have disastrous consequences while lining the pockets of corporate CEOs and destroying the possibilities of the poor to provide for themselves organically the way Nature meant for food to be produced.  
        The wording on the embedded petition on this site about this act is extremely obscure. It is not possible to know exactly what one is voting for by signing it.  A couple of us cannot tell if this is referring to the bill that Organic Consumers Association warns us against.  
        [03/27/11 ---This and the next set of links except the last one are all KAPUT . . .
This vague petition can be found at:  ✩http://www.change.org/actions/view/support_global_food_security    
        4/25/09 update:  
(a) This "Support Global Food Security" petition can no longer be found at
✩http://www.change.org/actions/view/support_global_food_security?suggested=true  
(b) Manuela sent us a new link to the Lugar-Casey "Global Food Security Act of 2009, S. 384:
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c111:12:./temp/~c111jhIp17::
This is the updated LINK from Manuela, 4/22, ~7:40 pm PDT.
(c) The "Tell Congress to Stand Against Global Hunger" petition can NO LONGER be found at
✩http://www.change.org/actions/view/tell_congress_to_stand_against_global_hunger 
Here is a fresh one, 4/23, 16:54 PDT:
✩http://www.change.org/care/actions/view/tell_congress_to_stand_against_global_hunger    

[03/27/11 --- and meanwhile, as that petition was "running" --- THIS IS THE ONLY GOOD LINK IN THIS LIST: ]
♥ The most up to date protest petition can be found here where I will be sure to add further updates:
http://food.change.org/actions/view/we_request_the_removal_of_tell_congress_to_stand_against_global_hunger_c_from_changeorg  

Here is what the CARE (not to be confused with Care2!!!!) Petition says:
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Support Global Food Security Act

Dear Representative,

I was pleased to hear President Obama use the recent G20 Summit in London to call for increased funding for global food security.  I urge you to do all you can to see that those new funds are allocated and, importantly, that we have a solid plan to leverage food aid as part of the broader fight against poverty.

Specifically, I am asking you to support a comprehensive strategy that coordinates the myriad agencies involved in implementing food security policy. This strategy also should address the continuum of food security, from emergency response to safety nets and social protection to long-term agriculture development. Such a strategy would increase the effectiveness and efficiency of U.S. assistance and address acute and chronic hunger. Supporting the Lugar-Casey Global Food Security Act of 2009 is a crucial first step.

President Obama acknowledged that the global economic crisis affects us all -- but none more than the billions already living in extreme poverty. This crisis provides an opportunity to build a new system that would help people access resources and tools to lift themselves and their families out of poverty. Thank you.

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Special thanks to Margaret Free for alerting me to this embedded global food security petition which [was] being promoted by change.org whenever you sign a pledge of a related cause.
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For more info and an opposing petition link please go to 
♥ http://food.change.org/actions/view/will_the_real_monsanto_bill_please_stand_up_oca_petition

if you have not done so already.

The text of which is also posted in the
BLUE BOX
RIGHT
BELOW
HERE   
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