Category:Completed Action Alerts

[This Action Alert is Over] Still Time for you to Act Cornucopia, the Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance, and other groups have sent out several alerts regarding the food safety bills in Congress. We are continuing to monitor the situation with S. 510, the Senate’s version of the bill. As written, this bill would impose… Read more »

Support New Three-Tiered Label System — Comments due April 19th, 2010 Should organic ruminants such as a dairy cows and beef cattle — which have evolved to eat grass — be permitted to be kept in feedlots or should they be required by USDA organic regulations to obtain at least a portion of their feed… Read more »

Urgent — Call Your Senator Today The U.S. Senate is expected to vote soon on a sweeping overhaul of federal food safety law – S. 510. The House food safety bill passed last year (HR 2749) included several measures that threaten small-scale organic producers, including a registration fee of $500 and blanket application of complicated… Read more »

[This Action Alert is Over] Cutting through the confusion of the different food safety proposals Our food safety system is broken. Toxic food-borne pathogens like E. coli O157:H7 and salmonella are no longer just contaminating meat and eggs, but have caused outbreaks in traditionally safe foods like spinach, peppers, tomatoes, and nuts. Yet instead of… Read more »

UPDATE: The Alfalfa EIS docket comment period has been extended 15 days until March 3rd. Send Your Comments to USDA on Draft Environmental Impact Statement Late last year, the USDA released a court-ordered Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on Monsanto’s new genetically engineered Round-up Ready Alfalfa. A federal lawsuit, led by the Center for Food Safety… Read more »

Contact the White House – Don’t Let Lobbyists Weaken New Organic Dairy Standards Farmers and consumers concerned with the integrity of organic dairy farming need to contact the White House (IMMEDIATELY) and urge the President to support a strong pending standard governing organic livestock and dairy management practices. The White House’s Office of Management and… Read more »

Tell the Senate committee not to threaten quality organic and local food production Our food safety system is broken. Industrialized food production gives rise to serious food safety problems, and our government’s ability to regulate corporate agribusiness must be strengthened — without harming small-scale and organic family farmers. Bills in Congress propose to give more… Read more »

ACTION ALERT: Strengthen Animal Welfare in Organics Submit your comments to the National Organic Standards Board Due October 19, 2009 — 11:59 P.M. Current organic standards lack strong language to address animal welfare on farms; as a result, factory farms are producing certified organic meat, eggs and milk. Some poultry operations, for example, house tens… Read more »

A National Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement could harm family-scale farmers—disadvantaging some of the safest local and organic growers in the nation The USDA has announced a series of hearing sessions in September and October across the country to allow members of the public—especially fresh vegetable growers and handlers—to comment on a proposed agreement that would… Read more »

USDA Schedules Public Hearings to Obtain Citizens’ Concerns and Suggestions The “Leafy Green Marketing Agreement,” which requires producers to follow a set of rules (metrics) in the name of food safety, has already shown to be injurious for the environment, biodiversity, and organic growers in California. The USDA is now considering a similar “Leafy Green… Read more »