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Regulate Commodities Speculation
  1. Signatures
    110 out of 500
    Petitioning
    1. The President of the United States (+ 2 others)
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      • The President of the United States
      • The U.S. Senate
      • The U.S. House of Representatives
  2. Created By
    Food First
About this Petition Petition Letter

Join with the members of the National Family Farm Coalition and their Via Campesina partner organizations worldwide as they campaign to curb speculation in commodity prices at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.  This speculation is driving the current global food crisis and threatening the livelihoods of small-scale farmers everywhere.  Send a letter to President Obama and your congressional representatives.

Recent Signatures

Regulate Trade Speculation at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange

Dear President Obama, Representative and Senator

I am joining with small farmers is asking you to regulate the U.S. food commodities market to prevent price speculation and volatility that leads to spikes in food prices and riots in countries dependent upon imports of food. 

Our most vulnerable women and children here in the U.S. and worldwide cannot afford to buy enough food.  You have the power to prevent the worst of this food price speculation.

[Your name]

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