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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:
“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!
Ibach’s suggestion didn’t sit well with the Organic Farmers Association (OFA). OFA immediately fired off a letter to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue.
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 united and decisive: We don’t want GMOs in organic.
Thank you,
Katherine, for the OCA Team
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