SNAP Nationwide Call-In Day (TODAY, Wednesday December 4th)
Lawmakers in Congress are negotiating the final version of a farm bill that is likely to include additional reductions to SNAP. Both the House and the Senate have passed farm bills that include SNAP reductions over 10 years — the Senate measure includes $4 
billion in cuts while the House has proposed $40 billion. Join advocates across the country for a nationwide call-in day to support and protect SNAP as Congress debates proposals to weaken this vital program.
1)?? Call 1-888-398-8702 (toll-free)
2)?? A recorded message will ask you to enter your ZIP code. Press ?1? to be connected to your representative.
3)?? Let your representative know you are calling about the Farm Bill and deliver this important message: ?As a constituent, I urge you to support and protect SNAP in any farm bill or other legislative vehicle. Oppose SNAP cuts.?
4)?? Call back to repeat the process for New York?s two senators ? press ?2? to be connected to the first senator and ?3? to be connected to the other.
DEADLINE DECEMBER 9: Tell the USDA You Don?t Want a GMO Apple!
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is poised to approve the first genetically engineered apple. The Arctic Apple?? is engineered for the purely cosmetic purpose of preventing browning after it?s been sliced. Scientists say the technology used to create this new frankenapple is untested and inherently risky.?Unless the USDA heeds consumers, environmentalists and apple growers who are speaking out against deregulation of the Arctic Apple, the first GMO apple could soon turn up in fast-food restaurants, school cafeterias?even baby food. With no labels to warn consumers.?The Arctic Apple poses a risk to human health, a risk to the environment and a risk to conventional and non-organic apple growers.?Please sign the petition by clicking here.?
Bees Can’t Wait 5 More Years. And Neither Can We!
Your name will be sent to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy, with the following request: Dear Administrator McCarthy, ?Honey bees, native bees and other pollinators are responsible for 1 out of every 3 bites of food we eat. Bees pollinate 71 of the 100 crops that make up 90% of the world?s food supply. Many fruits and vegetables, including apples, blueberries, strawberries, carrots and broccoli, as well as almonds and coffee, 
rely on bees. These beneficial insects are critical in maintaining our diverse food supply.?Honey bee populations have been in alarming decline since 2006. Widespread use of a new class of toxic pesticides, neonicotinoids, is a significant contributing factor. In addition to killing bees outright, research has shown that even low levels of these dangerous pesticides impair bees’ ability to learn, to find their way back to the hive, to collect food, to produce new queens, and to mount an effective immune response.?This week, 15 countries are imposing a two-year restriction on the use of several of these chemicals. As you know, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates it will be 2018, 5 years from now, before it makes a decision on this deadly class of pesticides. ?We request an immediate moratorium on the use of neonicotinoid pesticides. ?Bees can’t wait 5 more years ? they are dying now. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has the power and responsibility to protect our pollinators. Our nation’s food system depends on it.
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