I think we need to not live in red alert all the time. I don't think it is healthy, but I do think we need to be vigilant and try to show people the truth about food, to strive for a more loving and just planet/society. In this instance, I think we need to speak to our representatives, to let them know what many other countries already know, that we cannot give BioTech companies free reign with our food. They are motivated by profit NOT our well being and in the case of food, the consequences could be dire.

Congress passes Monsanto Protection Act, All hands on deck!

We regret to inform you, but today Congress succeeded in passing Section 735, aka the Monsanto Protection Act, in the Continuing Resolution spending bill. Once again, Monsanto and the biotech industry have used their lobbying power to undermine your basic rights. We need you to contact Congress and tell them you are outraged. With the Senate passage of the Monsanto Protection Act, biotech lobbyists are one step closer to making sure that their new GMO crops can evade any serious scientific or regulatory review.

This dangerous provision, which we're calling the Monsanto Protection Act, strips judges of their constitutional mandate to protect consumer and farmer rights and the environment, while opening up the floodgates for the planting of new untested genetically engineered crops, endangering farmers, citizens and the environment.

We are asking that you take action here and then call Congress to shut down their phone lines until Section 735 is removed from the CR before the President signs. Join us in putting a stop to the Monsanto Protection Act!

http://action.fooddemocracynow.org/sign/stop_the_monsanto_protection_act_seize_congress/