DARK act to go to HOUSE to try and prevent clear labeling of GMOs

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You may have heard of the “DARK act”, this is a labeling law that takes away a states right to require that GMO ingredients be identified on a label.

The Senate already passed this bill [S. 764 – also known as the DARK act]
and soon it will be voted on in the HOUSE. Rumors had it they were voting today and it is on the schedule, but we were not able to find any details of a vote.

Protestors throw money onto the Senate floor to make a point
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItZp-Dbkyqk

Senators Hold Press Conference July 6, 2016 “GMO Labeling Proposal Inadequate”

This DARK act essentially makes reading the label to see if there are GMO ingredients difficult. Instead of English it would be in a code. So you’re going to have to walk around the grocery store trying to get an internet connection so you can read the darn code and see if GMOs are present in the product.

This is not the first time Monsanto and friends have tried to stop GMOs from being clearly identified on food labels. This is an on-going struggle to simply know what is in our food.

CONTACT YOUR REPRESENTATIVES! What Vermont has started needs to be built on, not overrun.

States rights must be maintained if we are ever going to see our way through this mess.

Image: https://twitter.com/ConsumersUnion/status/750383943116025856

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More information to fit the pieces together:
Name of Bill: The Roberts-Stabenow bill (S. 764)

Bill TEXT: As usual the GMO aspects of this bill are hidden within a bill not named anything like what it is for — S.764 – A bill to reauthorize and amend the National Sea Grant College Program Act, and for other purposes
https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/764
*Its all very confusing when you look at the bill text, cause there are so many different things that are totally not related but part of this bill. But, if you look here
you’ll see there [As amended by the Senate on July 7, 2016, the bill is the legislative vehicle for a measure concerning bioengineered food disclosure.]

http://www.justlabelit.org/dark-act/

http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/insight/dark-act

https://www.rt.com/usa/349791-money-tossed-senate-floor-gmo/

http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/07/06/activists-expose-monsantos-senate-lackeys-minutes-dark-act-vote

http://sustainablepulse.com/2016/06/30/us-fda-slams-new-gmo-labeling-dark-act-over-qr-codes-and-bioengineering/#.V4bOy9eYXDN

http://foodbabe.com/2016/07/12/when-congress-screws-us-over-on-gmo-labeling-the-action-plan-to-fight-back/

http://dailysignal.com/2016/07/11/house-shouldnt-rubberstamp-senates-misleading-gmo-bill/

http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2016/03/senate-split-over-labeling-food-with-genetically-engineered-ingredients/#.V4bn4deYXDM

Petition to Pres. Obama to veto The DARK ACT
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/veto-dark-act-s764

May 21 Call to Action: Rally against Monsanto!

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Saturday, May 21, is global March Against Monsanto Day.

Saturday is also a great opportunity to let the world know that we, the people, will hold Monsanto accountable for its crimes against humanity and nature, at the October 15-16 International Monsanto Tribunal.

Please join a march near you, or organize a march in your community. Use this year’s march to let your community know about the upcoming International Monsanto Tribunal, and that we will need everyone’s help to organize even bigger rallies against Monsanto on October 16, World Food Day, the day the tribunal wraps up its formal testimony.

Ventura March Against Monsanto

Find a march near you.

Download leaflets and posters for your May 21 march.

Learn more about the International Monsanto Tribunal.

Download a media advisory template that you can personalize and send to your local newspapers to let them know about your upcoming march.

Monsanto’s profits are down. And for the first time in 20 years, the number of acres planted in GMO crops has decreased.

Nearly 40 countries have banned GMO crops.

The European Commission is under increasing pressure to reject Monsanto’s request to renew its license Roundup/glyphosate, and in the U.S., more than half a million people have petitioned the EPA to do the same.

Last year, the 17 scientists on the World Health Organization’s prestigious International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) panel unanimously agreed that Monsanto’s Roundup is a probable human carcinogen.

This year, the grassroots food movement has blocked efforts by Monsanto and the Grocery Manufacturers Association to pass a federal law preempting Vermont’s mandatory GMO labeling law. The law will take effect July 1, unless a last-ditch effort by Monsanto and Big Food stops it.

Many food companies are already labeling, or have announced plans to label their GMO ingredients. Some of those companies say they now support mandatory labeling.

It has taken nearly 20 years, but we—and that means you—have come a long way in our efforts to bring down one of the largest, most destructive, multinational corporations in the world.

House to Vote Thursday on Monsanto “DARK act”

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Remember the Monsanto-backed bill to squash GMO labeling? Well, it’s on the move again — and it’s worse than ever.  
OPPOSE HR 1599

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Dubbed the “Deny Americans the Right to Know” or DARK Act by its critics, this bill would block GE food labeling laws across the country. This latest version would also prohibit local governments from restricting genetically engineered (GE) crops in any way — even when those laws are already on the books.
U.S. House likely to vote on Thursday.

PETITIONS:
http://action.fooddemocracynow.org/sign/tell_Starbucks_to_dump_GMOs_and_stop_fighting_GMO_labeling/

https://secure3.convio.net/fww/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=1937&sp_ref=110972569.63.12109.t.0.2

http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/1881/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=14356

STARBUCKS IN ALLIANCE WITH MONSANTO SUES STATE OF VERMONT
Contrary to the misleading information coming from Starbucks, the coffee company is in alliance with other Food Giants, including Monsanto, in suing the state of Vermont to overturn the GMO labeling laws voted for by the people. 
An alliance is a pact, coalition or friendship between two or more parties, made in order to advance common goals and to
secure common interests. Starbucks and Monsanto are members of the Grocery Manufacturers Alliance.
The Grocery Manufacturers Alliance sued the state of Vermont to overturn the people’s will to
mandate GMO labeling in Vermont. 
In communications with Starbucks the company was unresponsive to the direct question
on whether Starbuck’s coffee product contained GMOs. —Neil Young,California http://neilyoung.com/index.html
PETITION http://action.sumofus.org/a/starbucks-gmo-gma/

FILM: OMG ITS GMO!

Articles:
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2015/03/25/monsantos-dream-pro-gmo-dark-act-comes-congress

http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/press-releases/3961/the-monsanto-protection-act-is-back-and-worse-than-ever#

http://ecowatch.com/2015/07/14/dark-act-heads-to-house-floor/

https://www.organicconsumers.org/campaigns/millions-against-monsanto

Contact Congress: https://www.congress.gov/members

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/occupymonsanto/posts/814159771992640

Recent March Against Monsanto Reports

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Here’s a few video reports … Thousands of people marched all over the world!

VENTURA, CA

HONOLULU, HAWAII

RT REPORT

LOS ANGELES

SACRAMENTO

SAN DIEGO

More:
Los Angeles https://youtu.be/sBGK4lhqqE0
Los Angeles https://youtu.be/NwVzEicV3VM

Tens of thousands march worldwide against Monsanto and GM crops
The Guardian

Thousands worldwide march against Monsanto and GMOs
MSN.com

Saturday, May 23 : March Against Monsanto

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TIME TO 
MARCH AGAINST MONSANTO! SATURDAY MAY 23

There are currently over 300 marches scheduled to take place around the world. People from all walks of life will be joining together to take a stand against Monsanto’s evil ways.

Ventura/Oxnard
https://www.facebook.com/events/1542525792702623
San Buenaventura City Hall 501 Poli St. Ventura, CA 93001
9 am – Noon

Los Angeles
https://www.facebook.com/events/476970795793660/

Other Locations of Marches & More Info.
https://www.facebook.com/MarchAgainstMonstanto 
http://occupy-monsanto.com/march-against-monsanto-may-23-2015/