Here are the applicable web site addresses, please forgive duplicatation - I
meant to add them last post & hit "send" to soon:
Friends of the Earth: http://www.foe.org/
Organic Consumers Association: http://www.purefood.org/
Public Interest Research Groups: http://www.pirg.org/
National Environmental Trust: http://environet.org/
Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy: http://www.iatp.org/
Pesticide Action Network North America: http://www.panna.org/
The Center for Food Safety: http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/
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> From: Laurel Hopwood <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2001
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: call Kraft on Thursday, Nov 8
>
> Sierra Club is targeting Kraft and requesting Kraft to move to genetically
> engineered (GE) free production.
>
> We are pleased that several other major groups (Friends of the Earth,
> Organic Consumers Association, Public Interest Research Groups, National
> Environmental Trust, Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy, Pesticide
> Action Network North America and the The Center for Food Safety) are now
> targeting Kraft, as well.
>
> These groups have asked Sierra Clubbers to join their day of action this
> Thursday, Nov 8, by calling Kraft.
>
> If you have not already contacted Kraft, you are welcome to help.
> Call Kraft Foods at 1-800-323-0768, 9:00 a.m. - 8 p.m., EST.
>
> Talking points:
>
> For our health and the environment, I'm asking you to move to
> genetically engineered (GE) free production. Transgenic crops, crops which
> have been genetically manipulated with viral, bacterial, and animal genes,
> pose risks and shouldn't be in our food supply until better tested and
> clearly labeled. Dairy products made with milk from cows injected with
> the genetically engineered bovine growth hormone (r-BGH) may promote
> cancers of the breast, colon and prostate.
>
> If you have any questions about our campaign, please email me at
> <[log in to unmask]>.
> Laurel Hopwood
> Genetic Engineering Committee Chair
>
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Friends of the Earth: http://www.foe.org/
Organic Consumers Association: http://www.purefood.org/
Public Interest Research Groups: http://www.pirg.org/
National Environmental Trust: http://environet.org/
Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy: http://www.iatp.org/
Pesticide Action Network North America: http://www.panna.org/
The Center for Food Safety: http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/
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Posted by Ericka Dana
Organic Consumers Association Regional Coordinator
Iowa Sierra ExCom
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