Friends, Your help is needed!! Iowa legislators have introducted a bill that would pre-empt local cities, counties, and townships from placing restrictions on the sale of "agricultural seed." The Iowa Governor and Secretary of Agriculture are in favor of this bill and the pro-biotech reps are trying to push it through immediately. They were going to try to schedule an open hearing with no advanced notice (e.g. this morning at 10 am), but it now looks like it may be scheduled as early as Friday or Monday. Please contact Deborah Williamson, of the Leopold Group, Iowa Sierra Club, who is helping coordinate. cell: 1-641-919-1224 <[log in to unmask]> From: laurel hopwood sierra club chair, genetic engineering committee - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Sign up to receive Sierra Club Insider, the flagship e-newsletter. Sent out twice a month, it features the Club's latest news and activities. Subscribe and view recent editions at http://www.sierraclub.org/insider/