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<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=v4w7ph3UT67P5yIE2k5bixlFBqtOP0jA>Tell USDA you want artificial hormone-free milk in schools. USDA Comment Period for the 2009 Reauthorization of the Child Nutrition Act ends October 15th! October 9, 2008 [] <http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=nWUAiVCORC1wzS0xS9pKKxlFBqtOP0jA> <http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ym71evrDS4fezvZoKLIy6xlFBqtOP0jA>Tell the USDA to make artificial hormone-free milk a choice for schools! Public comments on reauthorization of the Child Nutrition Act (CNA) are due to the USDA by October 15th. Congress will begin to reauthorize this bill next spring. The CNA includes the National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program and the Summer Food Service Program, among others. <http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=jJIzKtOtRyXqO9Bo06AiEhlFBqtOP0jA>Tell USDA you want our nation's schools to have the choice of artificial hormone-free milk. 540 million gallons of milk were distributed through the federal nutrition assistance programs in 2006. That is a lot of milk. Unfortunately, some of the milk is coming from cows treated with the artificial growth hormone rBGH. Studies have shown that rBGH, the artificial growth hormone given to cows to increase milk production, also significantly increases IGF-1, a naturally occuring growth hormone in the cow and the cow's milk. Too much IGF-1 in humans is linked with increased rates of type II diabetes, colon, breast and prostate cancer. Why expose our nation's children to an artificial hormone that could be linked to disease? Consumer preference for milk produced without the use of artificial growth hormones has been overwhelming, and major retailers across the country including Walmart, Kroger, Publix, and Safeway have all switched to artificial hormone-free fluid milk. Increasing numbers of dairies across the U.S. are going artificial growth hormone-free, making artificial growth hormone-free milk widely available and cost competitive in most markets. <http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=50FXUhivmMAHzf5z2CHx5BlFBqtOP0jA>Let the USDA know that the time is right to get artificial hormone-free milk back into our schools! Sincerely, Noelle, Sarah, Filmona and the entire Food Team. Food & Water Watch For more information, visit our website at www.foodandwaterwatch.org or contact: Noelle Ferdon at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or Filmona Hailemichael at [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=RMRMTxDcWa8DqsUqnrf102EzXAXuet66>Food & Water Watch is a nonprofit consumer organization that works to ensure clean water and safe food. We challenge the corporate control and abuse of our food and water resources by empowering people to take action and by transforming the public consciousness about what we eat and drink. <http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=cpk5dWhViKeJ3Ydfp4zwGxlFBqtOP0jA>Talk to Us | <http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=5OB7w6qzhLLSXnGPSVAg9GEzXAXuet66>Support Us | <http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=S5wpjASAj4xxa1obD%2BZ3kRlFBqtOP0jA>Subscribe <*}}}>< <http://halfthekingdom.mofuse.mobi/>Half the Kingdom! on your Mobile <*}}}>< <*}}}>< <http://www.halfthekingdom.org/wordpress/>Half the Kingdom! Blog <*}}}>< <*}}}>< <http://www.halfthekingdom.org/>Half the Kingdom! Main Site <*}}}>< <*}}}>< <http://www.halfthekingdom.org/by-the-by/>Half the Kingdom! By the by <*}}}>< Lord, may everything we do begin with Your inspiration and continue with Your help, so that all our prayers and works may begin in You and by You be happily ended. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Please note that I do not send or open attachments sent to this list. You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Catholics on Fire" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Catholics-on-Fire May the blessing of Jesus and our Blessed Mother be with you -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
