The A Team
10-28-2009, 04:12 PM
Signatures Needed!!
Despite President Obama's early promises that "lobbyists won't find a job in my White House," he just nominated two "Big Ag" industry insiders who come straight from the pesticide and biotech sectors to vital posts.
Take Action Now!» We need to reach 50,000 signatures to have an impact and we're organizing with a broad coalition of partners to do it. Help us make the hinges on the 'revolving door' between corporations and government too squeaky to operate.
The facts:
Islam Siddiqui -- current VP of Science and Regulatory Affairs at CropLife USA and former lobbyist - must be approved by the Senate Finance Committee before taking his post as the Chief Agricultural Negotiator for the U.S. Trade Representative office.
CropLife is Big Ag's influence peddler -- it's among the most powerful lobbying groups in the world. CropLife Mid America are the folks who "shuddered" when Michelle Obama planted an organic garden at the White House.
Roger Beachy -- long-time president of the Danforth Plant Science Center, Monsanto's defacto nonprofit research arm - has been appointed as the first chief of the USDA's newly created National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). Beachy's appointment has no public approval process despite the fact that this office comes with a $500 million budget, and therein, the power to set the U.S. agricultural research agenda for years to come.
Add your voice» Let Obama know that putting a pesticide pusher in charge of U.S. ag trade and the former head of Monsanto's defacto nonprofit research arm in charge of the national ag research agenda is not "change you can believe in".
:omg:
to sign visit:
Pesticide Action Network North America | Advancing Alternatives to Pesticides Worldwide (https://www.panna.org)
Despite President Obama's early promises that "lobbyists won't find a job in my White House," he just nominated two "Big Ag" industry insiders who come straight from the pesticide and biotech sectors to vital posts.
Take Action Now!» We need to reach 50,000 signatures to have an impact and we're organizing with a broad coalition of partners to do it. Help us make the hinges on the 'revolving door' between corporations and government too squeaky to operate.
The facts:
Islam Siddiqui -- current VP of Science and Regulatory Affairs at CropLife USA and former lobbyist - must be approved by the Senate Finance Committee before taking his post as the Chief Agricultural Negotiator for the U.S. Trade Representative office.
CropLife is Big Ag's influence peddler -- it's among the most powerful lobbying groups in the world. CropLife Mid America are the folks who "shuddered" when Michelle Obama planted an organic garden at the White House.
Roger Beachy -- long-time president of the Danforth Plant Science Center, Monsanto's defacto nonprofit research arm - has been appointed as the first chief of the USDA's newly created National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). Beachy's appointment has no public approval process despite the fact that this office comes with a $500 million budget, and therein, the power to set the U.S. agricultural research agenda for years to come.
Add your voice» Let Obama know that putting a pesticide pusher in charge of U.S. ag trade and the former head of Monsanto's defacto nonprofit research arm in charge of the national ag research agenda is not "change you can believe in".
:omg:
to sign visit:
Pesticide Action Network North America | Advancing Alternatives to Pesticides Worldwide (https://www.panna.org)