{"id":524577,"date":"2010-04-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-09T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"tag:www.infinitehealthresources.com:\/\/09eeed59faa027686ea7e710193f58d9"},"modified":"2010-04-09T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-09T04:00:00","slug":"organic-consumers-association-newsletter-219","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/524577","title":{"rendered":"Organic Consumers Association Newsletter #219"},"content":{"rendered":"<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"579\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p style=\"PADDING-TOP: 0px\" align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/images\/bytes\/bytesheadergreen.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"579\" class=\"bg\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\" align=\"center\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" width=\"579\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mainbar\" valign=\"top\" width=\"579\" align=\"left\">\n<h2> <\/h2>\n<h2>Food Safety, Factory Farms, and More<\/h2>\n<p> Hello Viewers,<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"FONT-SIZE: 13px\">#219, April 9, 2010<\/h4>\n<h4>Health, Justice and Sustainability News<br \/>from the <a href=\"http:\/\/salsa.democracyinaction.org\/dia\/track.jsp?v=2andc=CJXZ83QYCJSRfLZXL8WAhIn4qjdYjSF0\" rel=\"nofollow\" >Organic Consumers Association<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12px\">Edited by Alexis Baden-Mayer and Ronnie Cummins<\/h4>\n<h3> <\/h3>\n<h3>In this issue:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a style=\"COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infinitehealthresources.com\/Resource\/Article\/-1-57\/3\/2196.html#SEC1\" rel=\"nofollow\">Quote of the Week: Walt Whitman: &#038;quot This Compost&#038;quot <\/a><\/li>\n<li>Take Action:\n<ul>\n<li><a style=\"COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infinitehealthresources.com\/Resource\/Article\/-1-57\/3\/2196.html#SEC2\" rel=\"nofollow\">Rescue Local\/Organic Farming from One-Size-Fits-All Food Safety Bill!<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infinitehealthresources.com\/Resource\/Article\/-1-57\/3\/2196.html#SEC3\" rel=\"nofollow\">Don&#8217;t Let USDA Okay 4-Month Factory Farm Confinement for &#038;quot Organic&#038;quot  Beef <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infinitehealthresources.com\/Resource\/Article\/-1-57\/3\/2196.html#SEC4\" rel=\"nofollow\">Hug a Farmer! April 17: La Via Campesina Call to Action <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a style=\"COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infinitehealthresources.com\/Resource\/Article\/-1-57\/3\/2196.html#SEC5\" rel=\"nofollow\">Essay of the Week: &#038;quot Is This Factory Farming&#8217;s Tobacco Moment?&#038;quot  by Will Allen and Ronnie Cummins<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infinitehealthresources.com\/Resource\/Article\/-1-57\/3\/2196.html#SEC6\" rel=\"nofollow\">Video of the Week: OCA Exposes &#8216;Organic Cheaters&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infinitehealthresources.com\/Resource\/Article\/-1-57\/3\/2196.html#SEC7\" rel=\"nofollow\">Little Bytes<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Connect with us:<\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"top\"><a href=\"http:\/\/salsa.democracyinaction.org\/dia\/track.jsp?v=2andc=10OKM8HtuTl3Ttnv18SUN4n4qjdYjSF0\" rel=\"nofollow\" ><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.organicconsumers.org\/images\/bytes\/facebook-button.jpg\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/salsa.democracyinaction.org\/dia\/track.jsp?v=2andc=IL8li6jwSA6OH59O9XoiWYn4qjdYjSF0\" rel=\"nofollow\" ><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.organicconsumers.org\/images\/bytes\/twitter-button.jpg\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/salsa.democracyinaction.org\/dia\/track.jsp?v=2andc=7mEqAF9GMMKy180CWBayuIn4qjdYjSF0\" rel=\"nofollow\" ><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.organicconsumers.org\/images\/bytes\/huffington-button.jpg\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/salsa.democracyinaction.org\/dia\/track.jsp?v=2andc=NjD6maJ4xmYd%2B0WtkpbDton4qjdYjSF0\" rel=\"nofollow\" ><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.organicconsumers.org\/images\/bytes\/organicradio-button.jpg\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/salsa.democracyinaction.org\/dia\/track.jsp?v=2andc=RmjisH9EqcaSwV%2B67Prwton4qjdYjSF0\" rel=\"nofollow\" ><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.organicconsumers.org\/images\/bytes\/rss-button.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/salsa.democracyinaction.org\/dia\/track.jsp?v=2andc=5qabpOdjU2maoD9MrVKigon4qjdYjSF0\" rel=\"nofollow\" >Subscribe<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/salsa.democracyinaction.org\/dia\/track.jsp?v=2andc=x3Jy0soOik4P2S5Dnu85RIn4qjdYjSF0\" rel=\"nofollow\" >Unsubscribe<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/salsa.democracyinaction.org\/dia\/track.jsp?v=2andc=NEfvVCdN793sqkuzzaY%2F6on4qjdYjSF0\" rel=\"nofollow\" >Read Past Issues<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/salsa.democracyinaction.org\/dia\/track.jsp?v=2andc=8p%2F5nkcqrL2gmHFPvVDqgIn4qjdYjSF0\" rel=\"nofollow\" >OCA Homepage<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/salsa.democracyinaction.org\/dia\/track.jsp?v=2andc=SaC4MemCfrRRdj7eKmbm64n4qjdYjSF0\" rel=\"nofollow\" >Donate<\/a><\/h3>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\" bgcolor=\"#a5b578\" height=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"5\"> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>                          <a name=\"SEC1\" rel=\"nofollow\">                          <\/p>\n<h2> <\/h2>\n<p>                          <\/a>                          <\/p>\n<h2><img decoding=\"async\" hspace=\"10\" alt=\"\" vspace=\"10\" align=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/www.organicconsumers.org\/images\/bytes\/walt_whitman.png\" width=\"130\" \/>Quote of the Week<\/h2>\n<p>&#038;quot Behold this compost! behold it well!<br \/>Perhaps every mite has once form&#8217;d part of a sick person-Yet behold!<br \/>The grass of spring covers the prairies,<br \/>The bean bursts noislessly through the mould in the garden,<br \/>The delicate spear of the onion pierces upward,<br \/>The apple-buds cluster together on the apple-branches,<br \/>The resurrection of the wheat appears with pale visage out of its graves,<br \/>The tinge awakes over the willow-tree and the mulberry-tree,<br \/>The he-birds carol mornings and evenings, while the she-birds sit on their nests,<br \/>The young of poultry break through the hatch&#8217;d eggs,<br \/>The new-born of animals appear-the calf is dropt from the cow, the colt from the mare,<br \/>Out of its little hill faithfully rise the potato&#8217;s dark green leaves,<br \/>Out of its hill rises the yellow maize-stalk-the lilacs bloom in the door-yards,<br \/>The summer growth is innocent and disdainful above all those strata of sour dead.&#038;quot <\/p>\n<p><em>-Walt Whitman, from the poem &#038;quot This Compost&#038;quot  <\/em><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\" bgcolor=\"#a5b578\" height=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"5\"> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3>PLEASE DONATE!<\/h3>\n<h2><img decoding=\"async\" hspace=\"10\" alt=\"\" vspace=\"10\" align=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/www.organicconsumers.org\/images\/bytes\/sky_reach.jpg\" width=\"130\" \/>OCA Needs Your Help to Spread the Organic Revolution<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>OCA and our international network of organic consumers and farmers understand that we have a positive life-affirming solution for the global food, health, and climate crisis: organic food, farming, and ranching. But to get out our all-important message we need your support. Please send us a tax-deductible donation today.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bottomlink\"><a href=\"http:\/\/salsa.democracyinaction.org\/dia\/track.jsp?v=2andc=DGpvZfbwXVEqN4yNhxQq2In4qjdYjSF0\" rel=\"nofollow\" >PLEASE DONATE<\/a><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\" bgcolor=\"#a5b578\" height=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"5\"> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>                          <a name=\"SEC2\" rel=\"nofollow\">                          <\/p>\n<h2> <\/h2>\n<p>                          <\/a>                          <\/p>\n<h2>Take Action: Rescue Local\/Organic Farming from One-Size-Fits-All Food Safety Bill!<img decoding=\"async\" hspace=\"10\" alt=\"\" vspace=\"10\" align=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/www.organicconsumers.org\/images\/bytes\/cabbage_row.jpg\" width=\"130\" \/><\/h2>\n<p>The U.S. Senate is expected to vote on a sweeping overhaul of the food safety laws very soon &#8211; possibly as early as next week.  While the bill seeks to improve food safety, as it is currently written, S. 510 will actually make our food less safe.  S. 510 will strengthen the forces that have led to the consolidation of our food supply in the hands of a few industrial food producers, while harming small producers who give consumers the choice to buy fresh, healthy, local foods.<\/p>\n<p>Please contact your Senators NOW to urge them to amend or oppose the bill!<\/p>\n<p>Congress needs to solve the real problems &#8211; chemical-intensive agriculture, factory farms, industrialized and centralized food production and distribution, and often tainted imported foods &#8211; and not regulate organic and small farms out of business.  S. 510 is a &#038;quot one-size-fits-all&#038;quot  approach that will unnecessarily burden both farmers and small-scale food processors, ultimately depriving consumers of the choice to buy from producers they know and trust.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bottomlink\"><a href=\"http:\/\/salsa.democracyinaction.org\/dia\/track.jsp?v=2andc=zOt7fhu8DdowQRlZeMlNt4n4qjdYjSF0\" rel=\"nofollow\" >Learn more and Take Action<\/a><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\" bgcolor=\"#a5b578\" height=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"5\"> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>                          <a name=\"SEC3\" rel=\"nofollow\">                          <\/p>\n<h2> <\/h2>\n<p>                          <\/a>                          <\/p>\n<h2>Take Action: Don&#8217;t Let USDA Okay 4-Month Factory Farm Confinement for &#038;quot Organic&#038;quot  Beef<img decoding=\"async\" hspace=\"10\" alt=\"\" vspace=\"10\" align=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/www.organicconsumers.org\/images\/bytes\/cow_curious.jpg\" width=\"130\" \/><\/h2>\n<p><strong>The USDA wants to know what organic consumers think about &#038;quot finishing&#038;quot  or fattening up organic beef cattle for four months in factory farm-style feedlots.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Studies show that cattle confined and fed grain in feedlots are prone to E. coli 0157 contamination, whereas healthy organic cattle grazing on grass are typically free of this dangerous pathogen. The meat from grass-fed beef is also healthier and more nutritious than beef that&#8217;s been &#038;quot marbleized&#038;quot  in the feedlot.<\/p>\n<p>Take Action: Tell President Obama and the USDA National Organic Program that you don&#8217;t want organic beef cattle to be kept in factory-farm-style feedlots for the last four months of their lives.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bottomlink\"><a href=\"http:\/\/salsa.democracyinaction.org\/dia\/track.jsp?v=2andc=ffsD%2Fj7as3M%2F7mhyMVQAv4n4qjdYjSF0\" rel=\"nofollow\" >Read more and Take Action<\/a><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\" bgcolor=\"#a5b578\" height=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"5\"> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>                          <a name=\"SEC4\" rel=\"nofollow\">                          <\/p>\n<h2> <\/h2>\n<p>                          <\/a>                          <\/p>\n<h2>Take Action: Hug a Farmer!<\/h2>\n<h2>April 17, La Via Campesina Call to Action<img decoding=\"async\" hspace=\"10\" alt=\"\" vspace=\"10\" align=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/www.organicconsumers.org\/images\/bytes\/campesina.gif\" width=\"130\" \/><\/h2>\n<p>To commemorate the International Day of Peasant Struggle on April 17th 2010, the <a href=\"http:\/\/salsa.democracyinaction.org\/dia\/track.jsp?v=2andc=aCTc9qnOjSW2%2F9EfNccvBYn4qjdYjSF0\" rel=\"nofollow\" >international peasant movement La Via Campesina<\/a> calls upon member organizations, allies and supporters to unite against global agribusiness corporations, which seek complete control over food and agriculture systems around the world. Small and family scale farmers form the backbone of the global food supply and are essential for transitioning to a healthy and organic food system.<\/p>\n<p>On April 17th 1996, nineteen landless Brazilian peasants who were defending their right to produce food by demanding access to land were massacred by the military police. Since the massacre at El Dorado dos Caraj&#038;aacute s, every year on this date actions are organized around the world by farmers&#8217; organizations, communities, student groups, non-governmental organizations and activists, in order to demand food sovereignty and peasants&#8217; rights to produce food.<\/p>\n<p>Join Via Campesina and the Organic Consumers Association in the global struggle against multinational corporations, like Monsanto, that are threatening our food supply and undermining farmers across the globe. Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/salsa.democracyinaction.org\/dia\/track.jsp?v=2andc=iqpnN%2FmJaCK2dwb01rv4oYn4qjdYjSF0\" rel=\"nofollow\" >OCA&#8217;s Millions Against Monsanto campaign center<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n<p>To join the April 17, 2010 Day of Peasant Struggle, go to: <a href=\"http:\/\/salsa.democracyinaction.org\/dia\/track.jsp?v=2andc=fCPN2iHhgUDpyRjJAYH804n4qjdYjSF0\" rel=\"nofollow\" >viacampesina.org<\/a><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\" bgcolor=\"#a5b578\" height=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"5\"> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>                          <a name=\"SEC5\" rel=\"nofollow\">                          <\/p>\n<h2> <\/h2>\n<p>                          <\/a>                          <\/p>\n<h2>Essay of the Week: &#038;quot Is This Factory Farming&#8217;s Tobacco Moment?&#038;quot  by Will Allen and Ronnie Cummins<\/h2>\n<h2><img decoding=\"async\" hspace=\"10\" alt=\"\" vspace=\"10\" align=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/www.organicconsumers.org\/images\/bytes\/tobacco.jpg\" width=\"130\" \/><\/h2>\n<p>The nation&#8217;s chemical and energy-intensive food and farming system, Food Inc., is out of control, posing a mortal threat to public health, the environment, and climate stability.<\/p>\n<p>Economically stressed and distracted consumers have become dependent on a factory farm system designed to provide cheap processed food that may be cosmetically perfect and easily shipped, but which is seriously degraded in terms of purity and nutritional value.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bottomlink\"><a href=\"http:\/\/salsa.democracyinaction.org\/dia\/track.jsp?v=2andc=El22EZDOxXi%2FkUqSglzsx4n4qjdYjSF0\" rel=\"nofollow\" >Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\" bgcolor=\"#a5b578\" height=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"5\"> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>                          <a name=\"SEC6\" rel=\"nofollow\">                          <\/p>\n<h2> <\/h2>\n<p>                          <\/a>                          <\/p>\n<h2>Video of the Week: OCA Exposes &#8216;Organic Cheaters&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>This year at the Expo West Natural Products Expo in Anaheim, California, the OCA staged a very visible public protest to expose what it calls &#038;quot sham poo&#038;quot  products that are &#038;quot organic cheaters.&#038;quot <\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/salsa.democracyinaction.org\/dia\/track.jsp?v=2andc=KzvorQdG%2B%2B3xlFuVbw37NIn4qjdYjSF0\" rel=\"nofollow\" ><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.organicconsumers.org\/images\/bytes\/shamp_poo.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"bottomlink\"><a href=\"http:\/\/salsa.democracyinaction.org\/dia\/track.jsp?v=2andc=i47e4TFeyCtNlaWMZrcMcon4qjdYjSF0\" rel=\"nofollow\" >Watch<\/a><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\" bgcolor=\"#a5b578\" height=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"5\"> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>                          <a name=\"SEC7\" rel=\"nofollow\">                          <\/p>\n<h2> <\/h2>\n<p>                          <\/a>                          <\/p>\n<h2><img decoding=\"async\" hspace=\"10\" alt=\"\" vspace=\"10\" align=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/www.organicconsumers.org\/images\/bytes\/little_bytes_color.jpg\" width=\"130\" \/>Little Bytes<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Retire Ronald McDonald, Junk Food Salesman <\/strong><br \/>Corporate Accountability International&#8217;s &#038;quot Value [the] Meal&#038;quot  campaign is launching a national initiative calling on McDonald&#8217;s to Retire Ronald McDonald from hooking our kids on unhealthy food. <a href=\"http:\/\/salsa.democracyinaction.org\/dia\/track.jsp?v=2andc=q081kc4n1b%2BaBZXfgSuyPon4qjdYjSF0\" rel=\"nofollow\" >READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Climate Catastrophe: Obama&#8217;s Second Chance on the Predominant Moral Issue of This Century<\/strong><br \/>The predominant moral issue of the 21st century, almost surely, will be climate change, comparable to Nazism faced by Churchill in the 20th century and slavery faced by Lincoln in the 19th century. <a href=\"http:\/\/salsa.democracyinaction.org\/dia\/track.jsp?v=2andc=%2BZYFxmcCED7MAwGr5bzjtYn4qjdYjSF0\" rel=\"nofollow\" >READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Is Whole Foods Moving Away from Greenwashing Back to its Organic Roots?<\/strong><br \/>Recent moves by Whole Foods certainly create the impression that the multi-billion corporation is finally listening to the criticisms of the OCA and other groups and putting a priority on selling organic food and &#038;quot walking its talk.&#038;quot  But is this just corporate PR? <a href=\"http:\/\/salsa.democracyinaction.org\/dia\/track.jsp?v=2andc=9p1cYxzNcsqT3EoeNoCoiCA8ps2Af%2BB%2F\" rel=\"nofollow\" >READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Climate Chaos and Peak Water: The World Will Soon Be at War over Water<\/strong><br \/>Modern farming&#8217;s overconsumption of ground water is like an open-ended blood donation &#8211; the planet&#8217;s surface, in developed areas, is becoming cadaverous as its life drains away. <a href=\"http:\/\/salsa.democracyinaction.org\/dia\/track.jsp?v=2andc=63VtaD%2FcVEHclDgu%2BXlA4Yn4qjdYjSF0\" rel=\"nofollow\" >READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>What San Francisco Found in Their Own Sludge<\/strong><br \/>San Francisco, and no doubt your own city, claim that their toxic sewage sludge is safe. Safe enough to dump on area gardens, school yards, and farms. Don&#8217;t believe them. This is a dangerous lie. <a href=\"http:\/\/salsa.democracyinaction.org\/dia\/track.jsp?v=2andc=yBWttNBDJU3bufPeMyeqwon4qjdYjSF0\" rel=\"nofollow\" >READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>How Marijuana Could Save California Agriculture<\/strong><br \/>Marijuana could potentially provide a bulwark against a future of steadily declining crop yields. <a href=\"http:\/\/salsa.democracyinaction.org\/dia\/track.jsp?v=2andc=uo9d8aNDNWSQ7H2dZiE6QIn4qjdYjSF0\" rel=\"nofollow\" >READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\" bgcolor=\"#a5b578\" height=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"5\"> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3>LOCAL NY NEWS OF THE WEEK<\/h3>\n<h2><img decoding=\"async\" hspace=\"10\" alt=\"\" align=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/www.organicconsumers.org\/images\/bytes\/us-map.jpg\" \/>NY &#8211; Get Involved Locally<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Learn more about OCA related action alerts and other news in NY <a href=\"http:\/\/salsa.democracyinaction.org\/dia\/track.jsp?v=2andc=XkI3AsRlUaOtG8ByP6xRI4n4qjdYjSF0\" rel=\"nofollow\" >here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Join NY discussion groups in our <a href=\"http:\/\/salsa.democracyinaction.org\/dia\/track.jsp?v=2andc=e8IKK4AcmaDS38uWvkftIIn4qjdYjSF0\" rel=\"nofollow\" >forum<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Post events in NY on our community <a href=\"http:\/\/salsa.democracyinaction.org\/dia\/track.jsp?v=2andc=dt2cdzRmdvrYzOKF59fgvon4qjdYjSF0\" rel=\"nofollow\" >calendar<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\" bgcolor=\"#a5b578\" height=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"5\"> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3 class=\"top\">Message from our Sponsors<\/h3>\n<h2>Eden Foods Offers OCA Customers 15% Discount<img decoding=\"async\" hspace=\"10\" alt=\"\" align=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/www.organicconsumers.org\/images\/bytes\/eden2.jpg\" \/><\/h2>\n<p>Eden Foods is one of the few national organic food producers who goes beyond the USDA Organic Standards. Although Eden Foods is USDA certified, their products do not bear the USDA seal, because they say the USDA standard really represents a &#038;quot minimum standard&#038;quot  that Eden Foods goes far beyond.<\/p>\n<p>As a subscriber to Organic Bytes, you can enjoy a 15% discount rate on any Eden Foods products by going <a href=\"http:\/\/salsa.democracyinaction.org\/dia\/track.jsp?v=2andc=luRPY6Su30mkHQBkG6lxL4n4qjdYjSF0\" rel=\"nofollow\" >here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bottomlink\"><a href=\"http:\/\/salsa.democracyinaction.org\/dia\/track.jsp?v=2andc=txgNchcY%2FJ3XYGoG113s3yA8ps2Af%2BB%2F\" rel=\"nofollow\" >Learn More<\/a><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\" bgcolor=\"#a5b578\" height=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"5\"> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>                          <\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" width=\"536\" bgcolor=\"#ffffcc\" align=\"center\" height=\"88\" class=\"footer\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"514\" align=\"center\">\n<h6>Please forward this publication to family and friends, place it on web sites, <br \/>print it, duplicate it and post it freely. Knowledge is power!<\/h6>\n<h6><em>Organic Bytes<\/em> is a publication of <a href=\"http:\/\/salsa.democracyinaction.org\/dia\/track.jsp?v=2andc=A6zl8%2BDPri6vlOt9XlaccIn4qjdYjSF0\" rel=\"nofollow\" >Organic Consumers Association<\/a><\/h6>\n<h6>6771 South Silver Hill Drive &#8211; Finland, MN 55603 &#8211; Phone: 218-226-4164 &#8211; Fax: 218-353-7652<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Food Safety, Factory Farms, and More Hello Viewers, #219, April 9, 2010 Health, Justice and Sustainability Newsfrom the Organic Consumers Association Edited by Alexis Baden-Mayer and Ronnie Cummins In this issue: Quote of the Week: Walt Whitman: &#038;quot This Compost&#038;quot Take Action: Rescue Local\/Organic Farming from One-Size-Fits-All Food Safety Bill! 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