The NOSB will meet this month. Tell them you support "No GMOs" in organic!‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

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[[link removed]]SIGN BY MIDNIGHT OCTOBER 3: No GMOs in Organic!





Dear Supporter,



Last summer, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Under Secretary, Greg Ibach, said this
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“As the National Organic Standards Board set the rules originally, GMOs are not
eligible to be in the organic program. However, we’ve seen new technology,
including gene-editing, that accomplishes things in shorter periods of time than
a natural breeding process can. I think there is the opportunity to open the
discussion to consider whether it is appropriate for some of these new
technologies that include gene-editing to be eligible to be used to enhance
organic production and to have drought and disease-resistant varieties, as well
as higher-yield varieties available.”

GMOs in organic? We don’t think so!

TAKE ACTION BY MIDNIGHT EST OCTOBER 3: Tell the National Organic Standards
Board: NO GMOs in Organic!
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Ibach’s suggestion didn’t sit well with the Organic Farmers Association (OFA).
OFA immediately fired off a letter
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In the letter, signed by more than 80 organizations (including Organic Consumers
Association), OFA said that “the organic community is united that WE DO NOT WANT TO revisit the conversation
about genetic engineering in organics, and all forms of genetic engineering
should remain excluded methods under the National Organic Program.”

Later this month, the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) will hold its fall
meeting. Please make sure your voice is heard—so that when Ibach and his cronies
make a run at organic standards, the NOSB will be able to back up its claim that
consumers are unequivocal: We don’t want GMOs in organic.

TAKE ACTION BY MIDNIGHT EST OCTOBER 3: Tell the National Organic Standards
Board: NO GMOs in Organic!
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Thank you,



Katherine, for the OCA Team



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