[Occupymendocino] [Fwd: CALIFORNIA: GMO Labeling Bill Has Reached the Senate Floor!]

[agnes at mcn.org]

Call Senator Noreen Evans today 5/27 tues at 916-651-4002 and support her
bill SB.1381.
Great!
Agnes

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Subject: CALIFORNIA: GMO Labeling Bill Has Reached the Senate Floor!
From:    "Organic Consumers Association" <ronniecummins at organicconsumers.org>
Date:    Tue, May 27, 2014 8:06 am
To:      agnes at mcn.org
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CALIFORNIA: GMO Labeling Bill Has Reached the Senate Floor!

Dear Agnes,

The tide is definitely turning against Monsanto and the Grocery
Manufacturer's Association (GMA) in 2014! First, Vermont passed a
trigger-free mandatory law to label genetically modified foods (GMOs).
Then, last week, by landslide votes, Jackson and Josephine counties in
Oregon passed ballot initiatives to ban GMOs.

Now, in California, our hard work is finally paying off. SB 1381, a bill
to label GMOs, has made it through three Senate Committees to the Senate
floor [ http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_30118.cfm ]. And
the Senate vote will likely take place this week.

URGENT! Call your California State Senator today and ask them to vote for
SB 1381!  [
http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/50865/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=13537
]

We know you have already called and sent messages, but now it's time to
call again. The biotech and GMA lobbyists are still in full force at the
legislature, so your Senator needs to hear from you.

Call your Senator today! Use this action alert link to look up your
Senator's phone number [
http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/50865/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=13537
]. Your message can be simple:

"Hi, my name is---------. I am a constituent in your district and am
calling to ask you to vote for SB 1381, a bill to label genetically
engineered foods in California."

SB 1381 [
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/13-14/bill/sen/sb_1351-1400/sb_1381_bill_20140221_introduced.pdf
] is a simpler, clearer version of Prop 37. If signed into law, this bill
will ensure Californians' right to know how our food is grown and
produced. And it will send a clear message to the big food and agriculture
corporations that they can't keep us in the dark about the widespread use
of GMOs in our food system.

Polls, both before and after the Prop 37 election in 2012, showed 67
percent of Californians support a state GMO labeling law. The opposition
spent $46 million in 2012 to confuse voters about Prop 37. Now corporate
lobbyists are in full force at the state capitol, spreading their
misinformation in an effort to defeat SB 1381 in a Senate floor vote.

Join the tens of thousands of supporters – from Moms to farmers –
across the state in support of GMO labeling. Call your Senator today!  [
http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/50865/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=13537
]

More information at www.labelgmos.org  [ http://www.labelgmos.org/ ]

- Pamm and Melinda and the OCA team


Organic Consumers Association

6771 South Silver Hill Drive - Finland, MN 55603 - Phone: 218-226-4164 -
Fax: 218-353-7652

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