The House Oversight committee Domestic Policy subcommittee will be holding a hearing on the Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement on Wednesday, July 29 (tomorrow). We need YOU to give them a call to tell them that you oppose the LGMA and any expansion of it. You may recall the LGMA from a diary I posted a week or so ago called Mass Stupidity Alert: Scorched Earth Food "Safety" Tactics. You can give it a quick once-over again if you'd like, but the gist of it is that the LGMA calls for farmers to rip out hedgerows and discourage any form of life other than their crops anywhere near their fields. The practices are NOT upheld by science and they've been deadly to wildlife without actually preventing E. coli contamination in any meaningful way.
Please give a quick phone call to the committee at 202-225-6427 or fax them at 202-225-2392. The good news is that the subcommittee chair is Dennis Kucinich. If you call, tell the briefly that you oppose the LGMA and any expansion of it because it is harmful to the environment and sustainable agriculture and it is also ineffective. If you want to give them a longer message, either send a fax, or call and ask for an email address you can write your comments to.
