Defend the US Organic Standard Now or WE WILL BE NEXT!!!!! (fwd)
Lawrence F. London, Jr. (london@sunsite.unc.edu)
Fri, 13 Mar 1998 23:11:57 -0500 (EST)
>Date: Fri, 13 Mar 1998 11:24:41 +1100
>To: "GeneEthics Network" <acfgenet@peg.apc.org>
>From: acfgenet@peg.apc.org (Bob Phelps)
>Subject: Defend the US Organic Standard Now or WE WILL BE NEXT!!!!!
>
>FORWARD: SIMPLICITY ITSELF
>
>THE US ORGANIC FOOD STANDARD IS UNDER THREAT. THE PROPOSAL MAY ALLOW FOODS
>PRODUCED WITH GE, IRRADIATED, AND GROWN ON SEWAGE SLUDGE TO BE CALLED
>ORGANIC.
>
>WEBSITE MAKES ELECTRONIC COMMENTS DIRECT TO THE USDA!!
>>
>>A concerned citizen and web publisher in Cambridge, MA, has created a
>>new website designed to simplify electronic comments to the USDA's
>>Proposed Rules:
>>
>>www.ticketplease.com/safefood
>>
>>This website is designed to help people make comments to the USDA on the
>>Proposed Rules for the National Organic Standard. It helps people zero
>>in on the specific points that need to be changed and streamlines the process
>>of submitting their comments to the USDA.
>>
>>This site is just coming online now, with 53 days left before the April
>>30 deadline. It is functional now, but will undergo substantial
>>revision over the next 2 weeks.
>
>>It offers a radical new approach to helping people make well-directed
>>and informed comments on the specific areas of the proposed regulations
>>that need revision.
>>
>>Features include:
>>
>>*a brief overview of each major issue
>>*Links to in-depth background
>>*side-by side comparison of the proposed rule and modifications
>>supported by the organic community
>>*A call to action, 3 steps to submit comments to the USDA
>>*Editable comment field, primed with specific modified wording--intended
>>to give users something to react to and get past the "blank page"
>>syndrome
>>
>>COMMENTS GO DIRECTLY INTO THE USDA DATABASE!!
>>
>>Better yet, upon "submission" of the comments, the website automatically
>>generates letters to President Clinton, VP Gore, and the commenter's
>>U.S. Senators!!
>>
>>Please check it out, and submit your comments, if you haven't already
>>done so!!!
>>
>>www.ticketplease.com/safefood is a production of Media Motion, LLC.
>>Copyright 1998, Media Motion, LLC.
>_______________________________________________________________________
>
>Bob Phelps
>Director
>Australian GeneEthics Network
>c/- ACF 340 Gore Street, Fitzroy. 3065 Australia
>Tel: (03) 9416.2222 Fax: (03) 9416.0767 {Int Code (613)}
>email: acfgenet@peg.apc.org
>WWW: http://www.peg.apc.org/~acfgenet (under construction)
>
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