Draconian legislation was just introduced into the U.S. Senate - under the direction of Monsanto - which seeks to usurp States’ rights and outlaw historic right-to-know GMO Labeling laws passed in Maine, Vermont and Connecticut. 

    Senate Agriculture Committee Chair Pat Roberts (R-Kansas), a longtime beneficiary of huge Monsanto campaign contributions, is pushing the new outrageous legislation in the Senate which is aimed at annihilating right-to-know GMO labeling overwhelmingly supported by 90% of Americans.

    Roberts’ bill, S. 2609, is the Senate incarnation of the infamous Monsanto “DARK Act” (Deny Americans the Right to Know) which passed the House of Representatives back in August.  Last week Roberts’ disastrous bill – which would create a bogus “voluntary” GMO labeling system - passed the Senate Agriculture Committee on a vote of 14-6 with three Democrats ( Heitkamp, Klobuchar, Donnelly) voting along with the Republican majority.

   Voting on the Roberts’ bill is imminent and is expected to occur next week in the Senate.  It is essential that a tidal wave of telephone calls be placed immediately to U. S. Senators.

   Please call your State’s two Senators plus the twelve Senators depicted in the meme from our allies at Food Democracy Now!  Tell the Senators to Vote No on S. 2609 and Oppose Preemption of States Rights.  Senators MUST OPPOSE any Federal GMO Labeling legislation unless it contains these three provisions: 1) MUST be Mandatory, 2) MUST Require On-Package labeling and 3) MUST Contain the Words “Produced with Genetic Engineering.”

    We are working closely with our allies to defeat this horrendous Monsanto legislation.  We need your help! Find valuable background on the situation here.

   We need all of us to standup to Monsanto TODAY or else we will lose our right-to-know about GMOs FOREVER.  Thanks to everyone for helping!

Jim & Megan