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MISSOURI: URGENT: Protect Farmers. Vote NO on Amendment 1! Dear Supporter, http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/50865/images/MO%20Right%20to%20Farm.jpgOn August 5, 2014, Missouri citizens will be asked to vote for Amendment 1, which pretends to protect family farmers. Don't be fooled. Amendment 1 is nothing more than a free pass for industrial factory farms seeking immunity from state and local laws that are supposed to ensure food safety, and protect workers, communities and the environment from toxic chemicals and waste. Help stop the misleading Right to Farm amendment in Missouri. Pledge to "vote no' on Amendment 1 and <http://action.votenoon1.com/page/s/join-the-campaign> sign up to volunteer today! The "Right to Farm" movement was originally conceived <http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_23742.cfm> to protect family farmers from encroaching suburban development. But today, the movement has been taken over <http://www.kansascity.com/opinion/editorials/article603633.html> by corporate agribusiness. All across the country, ALEC (the American Legislative Exchange Council) is pushing "Right to Farm" amendments <http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Right_to_Farm_Laws> , similar to Missouri's Amendment 1, in order to promote their corporate agendas. Who funds ALEC? Companies like Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Cargill, and DuPont, and lobbying groups like the National Pork Producers Council, the Illinois Corn Marketing Board, and the Illinois Soybean Association. Supporters want you to believe Amendment 1 is necessary to protect Missouri farmers' rights. But Amendment 1 will strip local governments, and even the state legislature, of their ability to stop industrial farm pollution. And it will guarantee the right of foreign corporations to own Missouri farmland. On August 5, 2014 Missouri citizens will be asked the following (vaguely worded) question at the polls: "Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to ensure that the right of Missouri citizens to engage in agricultural production and ranching practices shall not be infringed?" Posed like this, an uninformed voter might think, why not? Don't be fooled! Vote No on Amendment 1 on August 5, 2014! - Melinda and the whole team at OCA Sign up to volunteer to help stop Amendment One today! <http://action.votenoon1.com/page/s/join-the-campaign> Read more here <http://www.kansascity.com/opinion/editorials/article603633.html#storylink=c py> Learn more here <http://votenoon1.com> and on Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/MOfoodforamerica> Donate here <https://action.votenoon1.com/page/contribute/contribute> Fact sheets here <http://action.votenoon1.com/page/-/Puppy%20mill%20fact%20sheet.pdf?nocdn=1> and here <http://action.votenoon1.com/page/-/Farming%20fact%20sheet.pdf?nocdn=1> -- -- This is a Free Speech forum. The owner of this list assumes no responsibility for the intellectual or emotional maturity of its members. If you do not like what is being said here, filter it to trash, ignore it or leave. If you leave, learn how to do this for yourself. If you do not, you will be here forever. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "missourilibertycoalition" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to missourilibertycoalition+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
