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Subject: You've been slimed
From: "Food Democracy Now! Team" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "Thomas Mathews" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:42:23 +0000
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                [1]Join Us Today -  Tell the USDA NO More Pink Slime!

                                    [2][IMG]

   [3]Don't let our politicians slimewash Industrial Meat's latest outrage -
   Join Us!

                                    [4][IMG]

   [5]Join us to "Get the Slime Out" in our School Lunches - Not ever, ever
   again!

   Dear Thomas,

   If you thought that Pink Slime was going away just because the
   ammonia-treated meat filler byproduct has received a ton of bad press and
   the USDA finally said it would allow it to be labeled, think again. Right
   now, Beef Products Inc., Cargill and the Industrial Meat Empire are
   launching an all out spring counter offensive to keep their degraded meat
   products on our shelves and in our nation's school lunch program.

   In case you haven't heard, an estimated 70 percent of hamburgers sold in
   the U.S. contain a byproduct of left over beef parts treated with a blast
   of ammonia hydroxide that 20 years ago was sold as dog food. Yes, dog
   food!

   Already McDonalds, Burger King and Taco Bell have removed Pink Slime from
   their products, but we need to make sure that our nation's children don't
   get stuck with this garbage in their school lunches. This year the USDA
   has already promised to buy 7 million pounds of Pink Slime. Our children
   deserve better!

   [6]Click here to tell the USDA "No Pink Slime in Our Children's School
   Lunches - not now, not ever!"

   http://action.fooddemocracynow.org/go/570?akid=3D528.51895.NuckXm&t=3D1

   Last week, Iowa State University became ground zero in Industrial Meat's
   efforts to revive Pink Slime's lagging public image. In what can only be
   called an appalling PR stunt to promote industrial agriculture, Iowa
   governor Terry Branstad and Congressman Steve King held a press conferen=
ce
   at Iowa State, one of the nation's leading land grant universities and
   turned it into a propaganda backdrop for slimewashing.

   Branstad took to the stage wearing a T-shirt with Industrial Meat's new
   slogan, "Dude it's Beef" and railed against what he claimed was a "smear
   campaign" against a "safe" and "nutritious" product. Branstad's enthusia=
sm
   for slime is not surprising considering that in 2010 his campaign receiv=
ed
   more than $150,000 in political donations from Regina and Eldon Roth, the
   founder of Beef Products Inc., the world's largest producer of Pink Slim=
e,
   aka "lean, finely textured beef" (LFTB).

   Rather than sit back and watch this latest Industrial Ag PR effort unfold
   without a fight, Food Democracy Now! joined with family farmers to hold
   our own rally, "Truth: Pink Slime vs. LFTB", so farmers could speak out
   against the blatant politicization of the latest scandal to emerge from
   our industrial food system.

   [7]Join us and family farmers in taking back our food supply! Click here
   to tell the USDA to make Pink Slime a thing of the past.

   http://action.fooddemocracynow.org/go/570?akid=3D528.51895.NuckXm&t=3D2

   We stood with more than a dozen farmers and ranchers and nearly 50
   students and fellow Iowans, who showed up to deliver the message that Pi=
nk
   Slime was not a good food product for our nation's children nor was the
   product good for family farmers. It's time that America's farmers and
   consumers were given priority in the USDA's policy decisions over
   Industrial Meat Factory's profits.

   As cattle producer Mike Callicrate, who travelled from Colorado for the
   "Truth: Pink Slime vs. LFTB" rally said, "Today it's industrial ag versus
   family farm agriculture".

   For the past several decades the Industrial Meat slaughterhouses have be=
en
   winning, pushing hundreds of thousands of family farmers off the land and
   degrading the quality of our food.

   But you can change that. With your help we can win this fight.

   [8]Join Food Democracy Now! and family farmers everywhere in standing up
   for safe, sustainable and healthy food. Don't let the USDA dump 7 million
   pounds of this garbage on our kids.

   [9]http://action.fooddemocracynow.org/go/570?akid=3D528.51895.NuckXm&t=
=3D3

   Thanks for participating in food democracy,

   Dave, Lisa and the Food Democracy Now! team

   Sources:

   1. "70 Percent of Ground Beef at Supermarkets Contains `Pink Slime'" ABC
   News, March 7, 2012
   [10]http://action.fooddemocracynow.org/go/563?akid=3D528.51895.NuckXm&t=
=3D4

   2. "Schools will get to opt out of 'pink slime' beef", Associated Press,
   March 15, 2012
   [11]http://action.fooddemocracynow.org/go/564?akid=3D528.51895.NuckXm&t=
=3D5

   3. "Pink Slime: Combo of Connective Tissue, Scraps Hidden In Your Kid's
   Lunch", FoxNews, March 8, 2012.
   [12]http://action.fooddemocracynow.org/go/565?akid=3D528.51895.NuckXm&t=
=3D6

   4. "Partners in `slime': Feds keep buying ammonia-treated ground beef for
   school lunches", The Daily, March 5, 2012
   [13]http://action.fooddemocracynow.org/go/566?akid=3D528.51895.NuckXm&t=
=3D7

   5. "BPI's Response to Outrage over Ground Beef? 3 Governors and a
   T-shirt", Appetite for Profit, March 30, 2012

   [14]http://action.fooddemocracynow.org/go/567?akid=3D528.51895.NuckXm&t=
=3D8

   6. "Safety of Beef Processing Method Is Questioned", The New York Times,
   December 30, 2009
   [15]http://action.fooddemocracynow.org/go/568?akid=3D528.51895.NuckXm&t=
=3D9

References

   Visible links
   1. Tell Vilsack to: Get the Slime Out!
	http://action.fooddemocracynow.org/go/570?akid=3D528.51895.NuckXm&t=3D10
   2. http://action.fooddemocracynow.org/go/570?akid=3D528.51895.NuckXm&t=
=3D11
   3. Tell Vilsack to: Get the Slime Out!
	http://action.fooddemocracynow.org/go/570?akid=3D528.51895.NuckXm&t=3D12
   4. http://action.fooddemocracynow.org/go/570?akid=3D528.51895.NuckXm&t=
=3D13
   5. Tell Vilsack to: Get the Slime Out!
	http://action.fooddemocracynow.org/go/570?akid=3D528.51895.NuckXm&t=3D14
   6. Tell Vilsack to: Get the Slime Out!
	http://action.fooddemocracynow.org/go/570?akid=3D528.51895.NuckXm&t=3D15
   7. Tell Vilsack to: Get the Slime Out!
	http://action.fooddemocracynow.org/go/570?akid=3D528.51895.NuckXm&t=3D16
   8. Tell Vilsack to: Get the Slime Out!
	http://action.fooddemocracynow.org/go/570?akid=3D528.51895.NuckXm&t=3D17
   9. http://action.fooddemocracynow.org/go/570?akid=3D528.51895.NuckXm&t=
=3D18
  10. http://action.fooddemocracynow.org/go/563?akid=3D528.51895.NuckXm&t=
=3D19
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=3D20
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=3D21
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=3D22
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=3D23
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=3D24


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<h3><a title=3D"Tell Vilsack to: Get the Slime Out!" href=3D"http://action.=
fooddemocracynow.org/go/570?akid=3D528.51895.NuckXm&t=3D1" target=3D"_self"=
>Join Us Today -&nbsp; Tell the USDA NO More Pink Slime!</a></h3>
<p style=3D"margin: 1em 0px;"><a href=3D"http://action.fooddemocracynow.org=
/go/570?akid=3D528.51895.NuckXm&t=3D2"><img src=3D"https://s3.amazonaws.com=
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<p style=3D"text-align: left;"><strong><a title=3D"Tell Vilsack to: Get the=
 Slime Out!" href=3D"http://action.fooddemocracynow.org/go/570?akid=3D528.5=
1895.NuckXm&t=3D3" target=3D"_self">Don't let our politicians slimewash Ind=
ustrial Meat's latest outrage -&nbsp; Join Us!</a><a title=3D"Tell Vilsack =
to: Get the Slime Out!" href=3D"http://action.fooddemocracynow.org/go/570?a=
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<p><strong><a title=3D"Tell Vilsack to: Get the Slime Out!" href=3D"http://=
action.fooddemocracynow.org/go/570?akid=3D528.51895.NuckXm&t=3D6" target=3D=
"_self">Join us to "Get the Slime Out" in our School Lunches - Not ever, ev=
er again!</a></strong></p>
<p><strong></strong>Dear Thomas,</p>
<p>If you thought that Pink Slime was going away just because the ammonia-t=
reated meat filler byproduct has received a ton of bad press and the USDA f=
inally said it would allow it to be labeled, think again. Right now, Beef P=
roducts Inc., Cargill and <strong>the Industrial Meat Empire are launching =
an all out spring counter offensive to keep their degraded meat products on=
 our shelves</strong> and in our nation&rsquo;s school lunch program.</p>
<p>In case you haven&rsquo;t heard, an estimated 70 percent of hamburgers s=
old in the U.S. contain a byproduct of left over beef parts treated with a =
blast of ammonia hydroxide that 20 years ago was sold as dog food. <strong>=
Yes, dog food! </strong></p>
<p><strong>Already McDonalds, Burger King and Taco Bell have removed Pink S=
lime from their products, but we need to make sure that our nation's childr=
en don't get stuck with this garbage in their school lunches. </strong>This=
 year the USDA has already promised to buy 7 million pounds of Pink Slime. =
Our children deserve better!</p>
<p><strong><a title=3D"Tell Vilsack to: Get the Slime Out!" href=3D"http://=
action.fooddemocracynow.org/go/570?akid=3D528.51895.NuckXm&t=3D7" target=3D=
"_self"><strong>Click here to tell the USDA</strong> &ldquo;<strong>No Pink=
 Slime in Our Children&rsquo;s School Lunches &ndash; not now, not ever!&rd=
quo;</strong></a></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style=3D"text-decoration: underline;"><a href=3D"http://ac=
tion.fooddemocracynow.org/go/570?akid=3D528.51895.NuckXm&t=3D8">http://acti=
on.fooddemocracynow.org/go/570?akid=3D528.51895.NuckXm&t=3D9</a></span></st=
rong></p>
<p>Last week, Iowa State University became ground zero in Industrial Meat&r=
squo;s efforts to revive Pink Slime&rsquo;s lagging public image. In what c=
an only be called an appalling PR stunt to promote industrial agriculture, =
Iowa governor Terry Branstad and Congressman Steve King held a press confer=
ence at Iowa State, one of the nation&rsquo;s leading land grant universiti=
es and turned it into a propaganda backdrop for slimewashing.</p>
<p>Branstad took to the stage wearing a T-shirt with Industrial Meat&rsquo;=
s new slogan, &ldquo;Dude it&rsquo;s Beef&rdquo; and railed against what he=
 claimed was a &ldquo;smear campaign&rdquo; against a "safe" and "nutritiou=
s" product. Branstad&rsquo;s enthusiasm for slime is not surprising conside=
ring that in 2010 his campaign received more than $150,000 in political don=
ations from Regina and Eldon Roth, the founder of Beef Products Inc., the w=
orld&rsquo;s largest producer of Pink Slime, aka "lean, finely textured bee=
f" (LFTB).</p>
<p>Rather than sit back and watch this latest Industrial Ag PR effort unfol=
d without a fight, Food Democracy Now! joined with family farmers to hold o=
ur own rally, <em>&ldquo;Truth: Pink Slime vs. LFTB&rdquo;,</em> so farmers=
 could speak out against the blatant politicization of the latest scandal t=
o emerge from our industrial food system.</p>
<p><a title=3D"Tell Vilsack to: Get the Slime Out!" href=3D"http://action.f=
ooddemocracynow.org/go/570?akid=3D528.51895.NuckXm&t=3D10" target=3D"_self"=
><strong>Join us and family farmers in taking back our food supply! Click h=
ere to tell the USDA to make Pink Slime a thing of the past. </strong><stro=
ng></strong></a></p>
<p><strong><a href=3D"http://action.fooddemocracynow.org/go/570?akid=3D528.=
51895.NuckXm&t=3D11"><a href=3D"http://action.fooddemocracynow.org/go/570?a=
kid=3D528.51895.NuckXm&t=3D12">http://action.fooddemocracynow.org/go/570?ak=
id=3D528.51895.NuckXm&t=3D13</a><br /> <br /> </a></strong>We stood with mo=
re than a dozen farmers and ranchers and nearly 50 students and fellow Iowa=
ns, who showed up to deliver the message that Pink Slime was not a good foo=
d product for our nation&rsquo;s children nor was the product good for fami=
ly farmers. It&rsquo;s time that America&rsquo;s farmers and consumers were=
 given priority in the USDA&rsquo;s policy decisions over Industrial Meat F=
actory&rsquo;s profits.</p>
<p>As cattle producer Mike Callicrate, who travelled from Colorado for the =
<em>&ldquo;Truth: Pink Slime vs. LFTB&rdquo;</em> rally said, &ldquo;Today =
it&rsquo;s industrial ag versus family farm agriculture&rdquo;.</p>
<p>For the past several decades the Industrial Meat slaughterhouses have be=
en winning, pushing hundreds of thousands of family farmers off the land an=
d degrading the quality of our food.</p>
<p><strong>But you can change that.</strong> <strong>With your help we can =
win this fight.&nbsp;</strong></p>
<p><strong><a title=3D"Tell Vilsack to: Get the Slime Out!" href=3D"http://=
action.fooddemocracynow.org/go/570?akid=3D528.51895.NuckXm&t=3D14" target=
=3D"_self">Join Food Democracy Now! and family farmers everywhere in standi=
ng up for safe, sustainable and healthy food. Don&rsquo;t let the USDA dump=
 7 million pounds of this garbage on our kids</a>.</strong></p>
<p><strong><a href=3D"http://action.fooddemocracynow.org/go/570?akid=3D528.=
51895.NuckXm&t=3D15">http://action.fooddemocracynow.org/go/570?akid=3D528.5=
1895.NuckXm&t=3D16</a></strong></p>
<p>Thanks for participating in food democracy,</p>
<p>Dave, Lisa and the Food Democracy Now! team</p>
<p><strong>Sources</strong>:<br /> <br /> 1. &ldquo;70 Percent of Ground Be=
ef at Supermarkets Contains &lsquo;Pink Slime&rsquo;&rdquo; ABC News, March=
 7, 2012<br /> <a href=3D"http://action.fooddemocracynow.org/go/563?akid=3D=
528.51895.NuckXm&t=3D17">http://action.fooddemocracynow.org/go/563?akid=3D5=
28.51895.NuckXm&t=3D18</a></p>
<p>2. &ldquo;Schools will get to opt out of 'pink slime' beef&rdquo;, Assoc=
iated Press, March 15, 2012<br /> <a href=3D"http://action.fooddemocracynow=
=2Eorg/go/564?akid=3D528.51895.NuckXm&t=3D19">http://action.fooddemocracynow.=
org/go/564?akid=3D528.51895.NuckXm&t=3D20</a></p>
<p>3. &ldquo;Pink Slime: Combo of Connective Tissue, Scraps Hidden In Your =
Kid&rsquo;s Lunch&rdquo;, FoxNews, March 8, 2012.<br /> <a href=3D"http://a=
ction.fooddemocracynow.org/go/565?akid=3D528.51895.NuckXm&t=3D21">http://ac=
tion.fooddemocracynow.org/go/565?akid=3D528.51895.NuckXm&t=3D22</a></p>
<p>4. &ldquo;Partners in &lsquo;slime&rsquo;: Feds keep buying ammonia-trea=
ted ground beef for school lunches&rdquo;, The Daily, March 5, 2012<br /> <=
a href=3D"http://action.fooddemocracynow.org/go/566?akid=3D528.51895.NuckXm=
&t=3D23">http://action.fooddemocracynow.org/go/566?akid=3D528.51895.NuckXm&=
t=3D24</a></p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">5. &ldquo;BPI&rsquo;s Response to Ou=
trage over Ground Beef? 3 Governors and a T-shirt&rdquo;, Appetite for Prof=
it, March 30, 2012</p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><a href=3D"http://action.fooddemocra=
cynow.org/go/567?akid=3D528.51895.NuckXm&t=3D25">http://action.fooddemocrac=
ynow.org/go/567?akid=3D528.51895.NuckXm&t=3D26</a></p>
<p>6. &ldquo;Safety of Beef Processing Method Is Questioned&rdquo;, The New=
 York Times, December 30, 2009<br /> <a href=3D"http://action.fooddemocracy=
now.org/go/568?akid=3D528.51895.NuckXm&t=3D27">http://action.fooddemocracyn=
ow.org/go/568?akid=3D528.51895.NuckXm&t=3D28</a></p>
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