Howdy again,
In relation to our program on Organic Food, here is a free offer.
If you are interested in Organic food and products. Here is a email
newsletter you may be interested in.
Rex Bavouett
Iowa City Area Group Chair - Sierra club
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From: Debbie Ortman <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: REPLY REQUESTED: FREE SUBSCRIPTION TO ORGANIC VIEW.
Sorry if this is a repeat message for some of you, this is going out
to several different listserves. Please just delete it. From now on
we will only be sending this request out quarterly.
ORGANIC VIEW MONTHLY NEWSLETTER VIA EMAIL! PLEASE RESPOND & POST.
We would like to invite you to join our listserve to receive our
monthly email newsletter -
BioDemocracy News/Organic View.
TO SUBSCRIBE TO THIS NEWSLETTER:
Simply click reply in your email program, and then send - we'll
automatically add you to the list.
If you do not want to subscribe just ignore this message and you will
not be added.
WE HAVE FREE OCA MATERIALS WE CAN SEND YOU. FOOD AGENDA 2000
FLYERS/POSTERS, PETITIONS, GE FACT SHEET AND MORE, SEE BELOW!
DESCRIPTION:
Interested in receiving Organic View/BioDemocracy News, our "free"
email newsletter, and occasional action alerts that deal with
national organics issues and updates, including information on
Genetically Engineered food issues, USDA's National Organic
Standards, labeling of irradiated food and more?
Only respond if you would like to be added to our email list to
receive OV/BDN and/or receive a free pkt. of information/flyers,
otherwise you will not be added to our lists. Reply to this email
with "subscribe".
I apologize if this is a repeat message or if you are offended. Some
of you may already be on one of our lists and have received this
email, if so, disregard this message. If you had previously been
receiving Organic View/BioDemocracy News, you will still be getting
it.
Organic View/BioDemocracy News currently goes to over 30,000 coops,
health food stores, nutrition centers, activists, food buying clubs,
CSA's, farmers markets, organic farmers, organic consumers, health
care professionals, organic businesses and distributors, and
organizations. We also maintain an international list.
The Organic Consumers Association - the OCA is a national grassroots
consumers campaign which grew out of the massive organic consumer
response to the USDA's first round of Organic Standards(over 270,000
comments were submitted on the first round) in 1998. Many of us were
part of the SOS/Save Organic Standards Campaign. The OCA has
speakers (Ronnie Cummins, Debbie Ortman, and Simon Harris) available
but we do need transportation/lodging expenses paid for and an
honorarium would be helpful. We are also available for media
interviews.
We need your help in developing a network of consumers, coops/stores,
farmers, and others to
build a national organic movement to educate and mobilize consumers
about the dangers of genetic engineering and food irradiation, and to
submit comments to the USDA on the National Organic Standards and FDA
on food safety issues.
Our Food Agenda 2000 campaign calls for:
1) Global Moratorium on Genetically Engineered Foods and Crops until
adequate safety testing
has been done. (We were the first organization in '98 to call for a
global moratorium);
2) Stop Factory Farming and Phase-Out Industrial Agriculture;
3) Convert US Agriculture to at least 30% Organic by 2010.
We have free packets available:
1) Food Agenda 2000 packets for individuals contain: 2 anti-GE
petitions, a GE fact sheet (you can make more copies), leaflets, and
a Consumer Warning Leaflet targetting the top 15 food manufacturers
to stop using GE ingredients.
2) Store display packets contain 2 GE petitions, GE fact sheets,
Consumer Warning leaflet,
Food Agenda 2000 leaflets, a counter top display holder, and 1 poster.
Please let me know how many display packets you would like me to send
to you for your coop/store/buying club/organizations/CSA/farmers
market or event. For buying clubs and CSA's, please let me know how
many members you have so I can include enough leaflets to send you.
What else can you do to support our Food Agenda 2000 campaign?
***You can help recruit new subscribers to our newsletters by sending
this entire message out to everyone on your email lists.
Volunteer:
- We need individuals to help identify coops/health stores in your area
that do not have our Food Agenda 2000 flyers and petitions. Send us a
contact name (manager), store name, address, telephone/fax numbers,
and email/website URL and we will send them a free pkt.
- If you want to volunteer, please send me your complete address,
phone and fax so I can
add you to our data base and connect you with other activists in your area.
Coordinators:
- We need regional and state coordinators that can help distribute
our Food Agenda 2000 petition and our flyers to stores, organizations
and groups that are not hooked up to email and that are not in our
data base. You can help us develop local OCA Chapters, table at
events, and help build a local data base of activists and those
interested in the issues (for email, fax, and telephone "trees").
Make sure you visit our websites on a regular basis for new articles
and information.
Donations:
- We need donations to help pay for flyers and posters. Donations can
be sent to: OCA, 6114 Highway 61, Little Marais, MN 55614
- Help organize a fundraising potluck and/or video showing (we have a
free video lending library).
Action:
- We need people to contact their elected Congressional senators and
representatives, the United States Department of Agriculture, the
President and Vice-President about the importance of strong organic
standards.
[log in to unmask](President Bill Clinton)
[log in to unmask] (VP Al Gore)
[log in to unmask](Dan Glickman, Secretary of the US Department
of Agriculture)
Main website for US Representatives: http://www.house.gov/
Main website for US Senate: http://www.senate.gov/
- Write letters to the editor on organic issues.
Please pass this message on to your email lists. We are trying to
build an email network that can quickly submit comments to the USDA
/FDA and elected officials about organic standards and organic issues.
Thanks for your support!
Debbie Dunbar Ortman
National Field Organizer
Organic Consumers Association
3547 Haines Rd.
Duluth, MN 55811
(218) 726-1443
(218) 726-1446 Fax
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http://www.purefood.org
Join the Organic Consumers Association in your local area.
If you want to become a member or a volunteer--or make a
donation--call (218)726-1443
Please subscribe to our free electronic newsletter, BioDemocracy
News/Organic View,
via our website or send an email to: [log in to unmask]
with the message: subscribe
Organic View is devoted to organic food issues and
the work of the OCA. OCA is affiliated with the BioDemocracy Campaign.
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Rex Bavousett
Sierra Club
Iowa City Area Group Chair
Iowa Chapter Webmaster
45 Juniper Ct. North Liberty, IA 52317
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319-626-7862 home
319-384-0053 work
319-384-0055 fax
http://www.iowa.sierraclub.org/
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