SUBSCRIBE & Read Past Issues | View PDF | OCA Homepage | Donate
This week, OCA launched a SignOn petition asking Michelle Obama to tell the President it’s high time he honored his campaign promise to label GMOs. We don’t know if Mrs. Obama or the President will do the right thing, but we do know this: If we can get 200,000 signatures, we will hand deliver this petition to the White House. And we’ll make sure we have plenty of media on hand to record the event.
Why does this petition matter? We want to generate awareness of – and support for – Prop 37, the California Right to Know Genetically Engineered Food Act. We want to publicly remind President Obama of two things: First, that more than 90% of Americans – the people who elected him President – want GMOs labeled. Second, that in 2007, he made this promise:
‘We’ll let folks know whether their food has been genetically modified, because Americans should know what they’re buying.’
We want voters in California to know that the whole country is behind them on this. And most of all, we want them to get out and vote!
Michelle Obama says she wants to end childhood obesity and she wants kids to eat more nutritious foods. GMOs have been linked to obesity, and there’s nothing nutritious about them. So we’re asking her to remind the President of his promise and to support Prop 37 which, if passed, will be this country’s first GMO labeling law.
Please help us reach 200,000 signatures by Oct. 1. Sign and share this petition today!
Watch the video of President Obama on the campaign trail here
We can trust corporate America, right? Tobacco, DDT, Agent Orange… and now, GMOs.
The campaign to defeat GMO labeling in California may have $25 million in its war chest, but we’ve got something better: You. You and millions like you ‘ from all over the country ‘ who are raising money, signing petitions, handing out leaflets, making phone calls, writing letters, putting up yard signs, and telling the Biotech Giants in no uncertain terms: We’re done with you and your bullying.
The Biotech Giants monopolize seeds and crops. They sue organic and conventional farmers whose fields become contaminated by nearby GMO crops. Yet the folks running the campaign opposing Prop 37 and GMO labeling have the audacity to pretend that they’re looking out for America’s farmers. Will Allen, a farmer for more than 40 years, exposes their phony concerns.
The National Heirloom Exposition is a national conference and exhibition focusing on organic food and farming, heirloom vegetables, and anti-GMO activism. The first annual event, held September 2011, in Santa Rosa, California, drew more than 10,000 people from around the country and beyond. With more than 70 speakers and 250 natural food vendors, this year’s event will be the largest gathering in pure food history! 
Announcing , a musical benefit concert to promote awareness of genetically modified foods and support for Proposition 37, the California Right To Know Genetically Engineered Food Act. , featuring Elvin Bishop, Maria Muldaur, Makepeace Brothers, Ramblin’ Jack Elliot, Chris Cain and Rob Herring, will be held at The Wells Fargo Center for the Arts in Santa Rosa, California on September 9th, 2012. The evening begins with a pure food feast featuring Mateos Granados and the Santa Rosa Farmers Market. OCA Director Ronnie Cummins will be there to fire up the crowd with a rabble-rousing speech about Prop 37. Tickets are on sale now and are sure to sell out!
