CALL TO ACTION:
** RESIST CORPORATE DOMINATION OF THE WORLD'S FOOD SUPPLY **
JUNE 20-25, SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA

The United States Dept. of Agriculture (USDA) and the US State
Department have invited Ministers of Trade, Agriculture, and Health from
180 nations to a Ministerial Conference and Expo On Agricultural Science
and Technology.

Agriculture is currently one of the most contentious issues inside the
WTO where member countries can't reach an agreement, making the
Sacramento Conference an important destination on the US government's
pre-Cancun WTO itinerary. Sacramento is an equally important destination
for anyone concerned about genetically engineered foods, the rights of
small farmers, the environment and agricultural biotech companies
controlling the world's food supply. It will take place in downtown
Sacramento from June 20-25, 2003. Neither the Conference nor the Expo
is open to the general public. In response to these closed discussions
of our food supply, a broad coalition of community organizations from
Northern California have come together to organize an alternative
convention in the streets of Sacramento.

COME TO SACRAMENTO

The Sacramento Coalition for Sustainable Agriculture is organizing a
response to the Conference and Expo. Events in Sacramento will include a
rally and march, media events, street theater, public education forums
and literature, and non-violent direct actions. The Sacramento Coalition
for Sustainable Agriculture is made up of organic farmers, family
farmers, commercial/recreational fishers, environmentalists, labor,
religious, and economic/social justice groups.

We encourage everyone who is concerned about the corporate control of
our food to join our network and/or organize actions leading up to June
23-25. Our intent is to non-violently confront the government and
corporate entities that control our food supply with an alternative to
their destructive, self-serving practices. People and ecosystems
worldwide already suffer the health, environmental and economic effects
of industrial agriculture. The same unaccountable global corporations
which, in their relentless quest for bigger and bigger profits, brought
us the Roundup Ready and Terminator seeds, the toxicity of Love Canal,
the 30,000+ causalities of Bhopal and the ecological catastrophe of the
Exxon Valdez are now claiming to be on a quest to rid the world of
hunger.

WHAT CAN YOU DO?

Seize this opportunity to demand safe, sustainable agriculture, the
rights of farmers to practice the time-tested traditional methods of
their forebears, and non-toxic, naturally grown food for every man,
woman and child on the planet.
Come to Sacramento this June to join this festival of resistance. If you
want more information or to get involved email: info@sacmobilization.org
call (916) 497-1111 or visit http://www.sacmobilization.org

If you live in the Sacramento area, Attend the next organizing meeting
for the Sacramento Coalition for Sustainable Agriculture held every
Wednesday, 7-9 pm at the Unitarian Universalist Society of Sacramento,
2425 Sierra Blvd.

Thanks and hope to see you there,

Simon Harris
National Campaign Director
Organic Consumers Association

Tel: 415-384-0623
Fax: 413-793-0451

simon@organicconsumers.org
http://www.organicconsumers.org

Campaigning for food safety, organic agriculture,sustainability, and
fair trade

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