Hi organic growers, The site below, GM Watch, has a lot of information regarding problems around the world, many caused by our own country and large corporations. I suggest signing up as a trial and see what is happening in the real world. You can sign up for daily, weekly and monthly info. This is a non profit based in England. Jonathan Matthews and Claire Robinson work very hard to educate the world. We are responsible for this tiny planet. All of us. This also gives a bit of perspective of who the players of this very dangerous GM game are. Don Dunklee http://www.gmwatch.org/ Begin forwarded message: > From: "GMWatch" <[log in to unmask]> > Date: November 21, 2010 1:10:05 PM GMT-05:00 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: GMW: Tell USDA to say no to GM beets > Reply-To: "GMWatch" <[log in to unmask]> > > > COMMENT from Phil Bereano: We are NOT ready for Roundup Ready > Beets, and we all need to tell the US government that. Those of you > from other countries, please send in as well--(1) you will be > getting exports filled with GE sugars and (2) Monsanto will soon be > knocking on the door of your country's regulatory agency. Remember > that there is no government assessment of these GE crops in the US, > and the process/information is not transparent. > > Please circulate this to your networks. > --- > --- > USDA Proposing Interim Planting of Illegal, Genetically Engineered > Sugar Beets: Tell USDA To Say No! > Center for Food Safety, November 19 2010 > http://truefoodnow.org/2010/11/19/usda-proposing-interim-planting- > of-illegal-genetically-engineered-sugar-beets-tell-usda-to-say-no/ > http://bit.ly/drpys2 > > In August, a Federal court ruled that USDA's approval of > genetically engineered (GE), Roundup Ready sugar beets was > unlawful, concluding that USDA had failed to conduct an adequate > analysis of the impacts of this crop on farmers and the > environment, such as the biological contamination of non-GE crops > with GE pollen. The Court made the biotech beets once again illegal > to plant or sell until USDA completed a rigorous review of the > potential impacts of the beets to farmers, the environment and the > public and makes a new decision whether to allow commercialization. > USDA anticipates this assessment will be finished in 2012. > > Now, under pressure from Monsanto and the sugar industry, USDA has > proposed to allow the planting of GE beets again beginning next > spring, before the agency completes its environmental assessment of > the crop’s impacts. > > This USDA proposal would allow commercialization to continue under > the guise of field trial permits, which are only used for research. > USDA's actions are a "de facto" commercialization creating an end > run around the need for future approvals and their analyses. > > The USDA proposal includes new measures, claiming these will keep > harms to farmers and the environment from occurring. But these are > the same measures that the Federal Court refused to adopt in August > when it announced GE beets were illegal under federal law. And they > are the same measures the agency was charged with analyzing in its > yet to be completed environmental impact statement. > > USDA, under the influence of the biotech industry, must not be > allowed to circumvent environmental law and the opinion of the U.S. > courts, or ignore farmer choice and public opinion. Tell USDA its > illegal proposal must not be approved! > > USDA has a comment period open only through December 6, 2010, so > please send your comment today: https://secure3.convio.net/cfs/site/ > Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=349 > > ................................................................ > Website: http://www.gmwatch.org > Profiles: http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/GM_Watch:_Portal > Twitter: http://twitter.com/GMWatch > Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/GMWatch/276951472985?ref=nf > > This email should only be sent to those who have asked to receive it. > To unsubscribe, contact [log in to unmask], specifying which list > you wish to unsubscribe from. If you would like to access previous postings to the Mich-Organic listserv you can copy and paste the following URL into your browser address bar http://list.msu.edu/archives/mich-organic.html