| SUBSCRIBE & Read Past Issues | OCA Homepage  #301, November 3, 2011
IN THIS ISSUE Dear Organic Bytes readers,
We have streamlined the format of Organic Bytes starting with this issue. We hope that you find it more readable and informative than ever! Label GMOs 2012 
Organic Consumers best opportunity for a strategic victory against Monsanto in 2012 is the California Ballot Initiative for mandatory labeling of genetically engineered foods. We're at a crucial moment in the campaign. OCA's lobbying partner, the Organic Consumers Fund, needs to raise at least $50,000 in the next 30 days to carry out public education and to help our coalition partners recruit, train, and deploy several thousand volunteer petition gatherers. In early January our volunteer petition gatherers will fan out across California and gather the signatures of 800,000 registered voters. A win in California, a state that commands 10% of the retail grocery market nationwide, would be a crippling blow to the sale and production of GMO crops across the country and worldwide. Please chip in $25, or $50 or whatever you can afford to help today Read the filing press release ACTIONS Do you shop at Trader Joe's? 
Ask this California-based natural and organic food retailer to kick Monsanto out of their stores and join us in the fight for mandatory GMO labels! Last week 
We asked you to help us stop the secret Farm Bill. Here's the latest opportunity to take action Drink organic wine? 
The industry wants to weaken standards. Take action here Please take action on the above items and forward widely to your friends! We can use your help spreading the word! Support the OCA Stop Monsanto and Move the Organic Revolution Forward 
Since the first battle over organic standards in 1998, OCA has been "growing the revolution" - fighting against genetically engineered foods, preserving strict organic standards, expanding the organic market, and spreading the good news that organic agriculture can sustainably feed the world while reversing global warming. The time is right to step up our efforts and move the Organic Revolution forward, but OCA needs your financial support to do so. Please Donate QUOTE OF THE WEEK Surviving the Approaching Storm: Organic Transitions 
"We are fast approaching a tipping point in terms of climate disruption, food production, financial meltdown, and Peak Oil. To survive and thrive in turbulent times we will need to organize ourselves at the grassroots level to carry out a series of Organic Transitions - not only in terms of food and farming, but also in transportation, housing, health, and education. While remaining engaged in pressing governments and businesses to green and revitalize the economy and stabilize the climate, OCA believes that we must "dig in" and prepare ourselves locally and regionally to become as "organic" and self-reliant as possible." Learn More Little Bytes More health, justice & sustainability news  "Your Neighbor's Garden" Creator Helped Grow a Movement
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