[All] GM Alfalfa Alert !

[Eleanor Grant]

Just received this news from CBAN.

There's a prepared letter to send to our MPs.

Eleanor
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From: "Lucy Sharratt - CBAN Coordinator" <coordinator at cban.ca>
Date: Jun 11, 2013 11:20 AM
Subject: [cban e-News] GM Alfalfa Registered: Email Your MP Today
To: <cban-e-news at cban.ca>
Cc:

GM Alfalfa Registered: Email your MP instantly from
http://www.cban.ca/alfalfaMPletter
Our government is siding with multinational companies against the best
interests of farmers and our food system. I do not accept this. Do you?

Action Update on GM Alfalfa, June 11 2013:

The Canadian Biotechnology Action Network (CBAN) has uncovered that the
Canadian Food Inspection Agency has recently approved one variety of
genetically engineered alfalfa: a herbicide tolerant (Roundup Ready)
alfalfa from Monsanto/Forage Genetics International. This means that one
variety of GM alfalfa is now legal to sell in Canada. There could be more
varieties approved over the summer (the process is completely secret).
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*However, GM alfalfa seeds are not yet on the market in Canada. Email your
MP today: "Will you stand up to stop GM alfalfa from being released and
contaminating our fields and food?" *http://www.cban.ca/alfalfaMPletter

After the Day of Action to Stop GM Alfalfa on April 9 2013, the company
Forage Genetics International stated that it would not put any GM alfalfa
seeds on the market this spring. The company could, however, release GM
alfalfa whenever it decides. CBAN is closely monitoring this situation.

The Minister of Agriculture, Gerry Ritz, chose not to intervene to stop the
registration of this GM alfalfa. The Minister received almost 8000 email
letters asking him to stop the release GM alfalfa and on April 9 people
rallied in 38 communities across Canada. Most of these community actions
took place outside local constituency offices of federal Members of
Parliament and many petitions were delivered to MPs that they have now
presented  in the House of Commons. Your outreach to your Members of
Parliament has been very influential. As CBAN continues to implement
various strategic work with you to stop the release of GM alfalfa, we ask
you to continue your communication with your Member of Parliament. The Day
of Action showed us that many MPs understand your concerns.

The recent discovery of contamination from unapproved GM wheat in the US
clearly shows why stopping the introduction of GM crops like GM alfalfa is
the only way to stop contamination.

The Canadian Biotechnology Action Network is committed to protecting family
farms and our food system from GM contamination. Together, farmers,
consumers and scientists in Canada stopped Monsanto's Bovine Growth Hormone
from being approved. We need to remember that this important victory took
ten years of persistent campaigning. Last year, your actions with CBAN
stopped the GM pig called "Enviropig". In 2004, Monsanto withdrew its
applications for approval of GM wheat in Canada and the US because of our
protests. Through all these years, and many more victories, more people
have become aware of this issue and more people have taken action. We are
at a crossroads, and your action will help us turn in the right direction.

Please join us as we press forward. Thank you for your continued action and
support.

Best regards, Lucy Sharratt, Coordinator

Lucy Sharratt, Coordinator
Canadian Biotechnology Action Network (CBAN)
Collaborative Campaigning for Food Sovereignty and Environmental Justice
Suite 206, 180 Metcalfe Street
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K2P 1P5
Phone: 613 241 2267 ext. 25
Fax: 613 241 2506
coordinator at cban.ca
www.cban.ca

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