Re: Senate Farm Bill: Sustainable Agriculture Not Corporate Welfare!

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-----Original Message----- 
From: "Robert" <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>
Sent: 9/30/2007 12:08:42 PM
To: http://www.stabenow.senate.gov/~senator
Cc:
Subject: Senate Farm Bill: Sustainable Agriculture Not Corporate Welfare!

I am writing to you as a supporter of organic agriculture to urge you to 
do your best to pass a Farm Bill that provides an abundant supply of 
healthy and affordable food for everyone in the US, while protecting labor 
rights and the environment.

Please support a Farm Bill that would:

·	Fully fund the Conservation Security Program with automatic access for 
certified organic farmers. (Oppose H.R. 2419's cuts of $3.2 billion from 
the CSP and its freezing of new CSP contracts until 2012.)

·	Expand nutrition programs to feed the more than 35 million people in the 
US, half of them children, who don't get enough to eat, and improve the 
food choices of a nation that is increasingly obese and suffering from 
diet-related illnesses. (Support H.R. 2364, H.R. 2129, S. 1529)

·	Protect farm workers, who have the highest rate of toxic chemical 
injuries of all US workers, from pesticide poisoning. (Support H.R. 2401)

·	Accelerate the transition to sustainable cellulose bioenergy produced 
from native perennials, low-input crops like industrial hemp, and 
agricultural waste. (Support S. 1403)

·	Provide income support, based on a fair price for agricultural products, 
to help family farmers resist the pressure to sell their land to 
agribusiness or developers. (Support the Food from Family Farms Act 
http://www.nffc.net)

·	Phase out the trade-distorting commodity subsidies that are encouraging 
the over-production of GMO crops that take heavy pesticide and fertilizer 
applications and result in a glut of cheap junk food fillers like high 
fructose corn syrup. (Support the FARM 21 Act H.R. 2720/S. 1422)

·	Stop Environmental Quality Incentives Program payments to confined 
animal feeding operations, factory farms responsible for 18% of greenhouse 
gas emissions. (Oppose provisions in H.R. 2419 that pay farmers to 
pollute. We need to stop factory farming. Instead, H.R. 2419 encourages 
the creation and expansion of polluting factory farms by shifting the 
costs of complying with environmental regulations from farmers to 
taxpayers. Make the polluter pay!)

The Farm Bill has the potential to address many of the problems that face 
the country today, from rural poverty to global warming. Please take this 
opportunity to promote change for the better.

Sincerely,

 Robert
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