[started ~ 04/09/09 --- 03/25/11 UPDATE: STILL OPEN --- OCA Editable Petition to Congress:
Stop the Global Food Security Act --- Get GMOs out of the Global Food Security Act  
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    HR 875 Update:

News of a "Monsanto Bill to Criminalize Organic Farming" has been speeding around the internet. The Organic Consumers Fund, OCA's lobbying partner in Washington, DC, analyzed the bill and determined that we could not support food safety legislation like this that could be applied in a one-size-fits-all manner to all farms, including organic and farm-to-consumer operations -- especially a bill that references the National Animal Identification System (a voluntary USDA animal tagging program that some influential members of Congress are trying to make mandatory for every owner of even a single farm animal). With these concerns, we put out this alert on March 12.  [ THIS ALERT BUTTON DIED SEE BUTTON BELOW ]

Nevertheless, we were alarmed by the misleading headlines attached to anti-HR 875 alerts. Even if this bill were passed as is today, it wouldn't criminalize organic farming. The bill would require farms to have a food safety plan, allow their records to be inspected, and comply with food safety regulations. To say this is tantamount to criminalization doesn't give organic farmers enough credit.

Worse, linking this bill to Monsanto (for no other reason than because the bill's sponsor Rosa DeLauro is married to political operative Stan Greenberg, who lists Monsanto as a past client) obscures the real damage Monsanto is doing in Congress. This past week, Monsanto got a bill passed in committee that forces GMOs on Africa. 

From: "Organic Consumers Association"
Date: 9 апреля 2009 г. 13:16 

 WORKING LINKS:
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http://capwiz.com/grassrootsnetroots/issues/bills/?bill=13092666&size=full 
This pair of links did not work for me, perhaps because I am already "registered" here???

--- This link takes me directly to the petition with my congresspeople already filled in. ---
http://capwiz.com/grassrootsnetroots/mail/compose/?target=NS&type=&billid=13092666&voteid=0&azip=87514