To create a National Soybean Association that can represent America’s soybean producers before policymakers and food manufacturers, and which will address the need and desire of farmers to obtain non-genetically engineered soybean crops.
To hire two New England Energy and Environmental Health “Issue Fellows” who will implement energy and environmental health campaigns on eight New England campuses, and to connect students strategically to ongoing community-based campaigns in order to strengthen the environmental movement.
To prepare a detailed concept paper and budget for the collaborative.
To hire an executive director to execute the annual plan, and to work with other organizations to develop unified strategies in support of Vermont agriculture.
To provide general support.
To call attention to air monitoring sites in New England to protect against biological agents in air and water.
To generate and disseminate articles on climate and energy issues to small newspapers across the US.
To educate and mobilize members, their communities, and a vast public now reachable through the Internet to advocate for labeling of genetically modified foods and a moratorium on new genetically engineered products until they are proven safe.
To educate corn farmers about the many uncertainties that growing genetically engineered corn entails, with an emphasis on implications for marketing; and to provide farmers with unbiased, objective information so they can make educated decisions about what crop varieties to…
To inform the new parents of 2.4 million babies born in the US each year about the importance of reducing their infants’ household toxic exposures, which have been linked to a variety of long-term health problems, including asthma, learning disabilities…