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Tell President Obama to DUMP Monsanto Michael Taylor!; GMO Right2Know March; Visualizing a plenitude economy

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When Barack Obama ran for President he promised to end the “revolving door” between agribusiness lobbyists and government and to “regulate” factory farms. Unfortunately Obama’s decision to appoint Monsanto super lobbyist Michael Taylor as FDA Food Safety Czar broke the trust that the American people had placed in him during his campaign. Now Michael Taylor is heading up undercover investigations at the FDA into small raw milk dairy farmers that end in armed raids while the worst factory farm violators are getting away. It’s time for President Obama to stand up for real food safety and put an end to the assault against family farmers producing healthy food…
Tell President Obama to DUMP Monsanto Michael Taylor!

Most Americans agree we have a right to know what’s in our food, and a right to choose safe, healthy food for our families and ourselves. And yet 80% of the packaged foods in America contain Genetically Engineered ingredients that have not been proven safe, and are not labeled!…
GMO Right2Know March
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This beautifully drawn 5-minute video provides a vision of what a post-consumer society could look like, with people working fewer hours and pursuing re-skilling, homesteading, and small-scale enterprises that can help reduce the overall size and impact of the consumer economy.
Visualizing a plenitude economy

Please place your order(s) before 9PM Tuesday night.

Local on! Sid
Sequim Locally Grown Mercantile

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Posted by: Sid Maroney at Sunday September 11, 2011 05:36 AM SST

SLG will be taking orders each week starting Fridays after 8AM and continuing through Tuesdays until 8PM. 8% is added to the listed price to support the market and the website hosting so that the farmers/growers/producers can receive 95% of their asking price.

SLG offers a 100% Satisfaction Guarantee. If you are not 100% satisfied with any purchase, please let us know. We will give you a 100% credit to your account. No growers in this market use synthetic fertilizers or pesticides!

If you would like to sell through this market, please either Create an Account
or Sign In to your current account and return to the Our Growers page. Near the bottom of the Our Growers page there is a link to tell us about yourself and a market manager will contact you. Or, if you already have an account and want to sell, you can go directly to http://www.sequim.locallygrown.net/growers/new and submit your application to sell on this site.

Selling on SLG has the same license/permit requirements as selling through a farmers’ market. If your product requires a license/permit, please forward a copy of your license/permit (Food Service Operation Permit) issued by the county to olylast@yahoo.com before posting your products on SLG.

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