{"article":{"id":96672,"heading":"An Invitation to Join Californians for a Ge-Free Agriculture","author":"Ecological Farming Association","created":"2003-12-08 05:42:42","modified":"2005-08-15 01:49:09","last_modified":"Mon, 15 Aug 2005 08:49:09","article":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>An Invitation to Join Californians for a Ge-Free Agriculture <br><br> The Ecological Farming Association is excited to be a founding member of a new <br>  <br> coalition working to prevent genetically engineered (GE) crops in <br>  <br> California. We are encouraging people to get involved with <br>  <br> this coalition and lend support to the campaign. <br><br> Right now California is virtually free of genetic engineering (GE), with <br>  <br> the major exception of GE cotton grown in the Central Valley. In the <br>  <br> next few years, however, the industry hopes to commercialize a new <br>  <br> generation of GE crops in the state, including: Bayer's <br>  <br> herbicide-tolerant rice; Ventria Bioscience's pharmaceutical rice (with <br>  <br> human genes); and, Monsanto's herbicide-tolerant strawberries, lettuce <br>  <br> and rice. Bayer's GE rice was recently approved by the federal <br>  <br> government and could be grown in California soon. <br><br> We must stop GE crops in order to continue being a world leader in <br>  <br> organic and sustainable agriculture. Californian farmers and consumers <br>  <br> can lead the way in the rejection of this dangerous technology and  <br>  <br> demand a different kind of agriculture. <br><br> Please join the campaign today. You can find out more about Californians <br>  <br> for GE-Free Agriculture by visiting our website &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.calgefree.org\">http:\/\/www.calgefree.org<\/a>&gt; <br>  <br> and by signing up for our volunteer network to receive updates and <br>  <br> information about getting involved. <br><br> Thanks for your support and interest! <br><br> ______________________________________________________________________  <br>  <br> Ecological Farming Association <br>  <br> 406 Main St., Suite 313 <br>  <br> Watsonville, CA 95076 <br>  <br> (831) 763-2111 <br>  <br> www.eco-farm.org <br>  <br> info (at) eco-farm.org\t<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","contact":"info (at) eco-farm.org\t","link":"http:\/\/www.calgefree.org","address":"406 Main St., Suite 313 Watsonville, CA 95076","phone":"(831) 763-2111","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"image\/gif","summary":"The Ecological Farming Association, based in Watsonville, is excited to be a founding member of a new coalition working to prevent genetically engineered (GE) crops in California. We are encouraging people to get involved with this coalition and lend support to the campaign.\t","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/2003\/12\/calgefree_logo3.gif","filesize":"7.5 kibibytes","article_url":"\/news\/2003\/12\/96672.php","image":{"original":"\/uploads\/2003\/12\/calgefree_logo3.gif"}},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}