Don't Let the Poultry Industry Hijack Organic Standards

DON'T LET THE POULTRY INDUSTRY HIJACK ORGANIC STANDARDS
Factory farming industry members are trying to usurp the "organic" label and use it on chickens that they raise in extremely inhumane, factory farming conditions. As the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) Livestock Committee meets to establish national standards for organic poultry, giant corporations are intensively lobbying the Board to allow their industrialized factories to be certified as "organic!" These industrial producers have even succeeded in getting one of their representatives onto the NOSB Livestock Committee. The factory farming industry's attempt at creating an illusion of humaneness and good health is outrageous and disingenuous. If allowed, it will only strengthen an industry that does immeasurable harm to animals and the environment.

WHAT YOU CAN DO:
1) SIGN THIS PETITION

2) Please contact the NOSB Livestock Committee BY THE MAY 6th DEADLINE, and tell them to DENY the organic label to factory farms. Tell them that an industry that thrives on overuse of antibiotics and inhumane confinement systems has no business using the "organic" label. Faxed comments will be the most helpful.

3) Contact:
Katherine Benham
USDA-AMS-TMP-NOP
Room 4008-South Building
1400 and Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20250-0020
phone: (202) 720-3252 / fax: (202) 205-7808
Email: Katherine.benham@usda.gov