>From: "johanna schultz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [Burnveggies] nbb governing board pro GMO >Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 08:20:10 -0800 > >anyone who saw the press release about the new governing board of >the national biodiesel board can obviously see where their interests >lay-- in using biodiesel as a vehicle to get GMO soy into greater >markets. > >with representatives from the american soybean association and other >state soybean boards and associations, it only takes a simple >internet search with the names of those organizations and "GMO" in >the search bar to discover that these entities are pushing for >pro-biotech soy legislation. > >at the berkeley bio-d co-op anniversary meeting, we'd discussed the >possibility of forming our own biodiesel board of sorts-- one that >lobbies for the INTEGRITY of this movement. i think it's time to >get it going. we all know that biodiesel is an interim solution-- >that there's not enough farmland to meet the demand for our fuel >consumption and that recycled veggie oil is the best way to go...we >can't let biotech soy proponents mislead the public into thinking >that growing more soy--GMO soy at that-- is the way to solve our >petroleum addiction. just throwing this out there-- i don't know if >the nbb shadow convention folks are working on this already, but if >these are the kind of people they're lining up, we need to be >prepared with a solid team of our own. > >peace, and much respect to all, >Johanna Schultz >Director of Environmental and Social Policy >Thanksgiving Coffee Company ><http://www.thanksgivingcoffee.com>www.thanksgivingcoffee.com >800-462-1999 ext. 42
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