EWG News release
30 Groups Urge House To Oppose FARRM Provisions
Washington, D.C. - Today (Sept. 12) 30 environmental, health, religious, and labor organizations sent the following letter to House lawmakers urging them to strongly oppose provisions in the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2012 (FARRM) that increase hunger, harm the environment and animal welfare, and eliminate health protections.
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September 12, 2012
Dear Representative:
Our organizations strongly oppose provisions of H.R. 6083, the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2012 that increase hunger, harm the environment and animal welfare, and eliminate long-standing health protections. In the absence of dramatic changes through a full and open debate, H.R. 6083 should be rejected by the full House.
As written, H.R. 6083 would end feeding assistance to millions of Americans at a time of rising food prices. It weakens or eliminates federal food and farm reviews and safeguards. It seeks to rob states of their long-standing right to set standards for food safety and farm production. It does nothing to improve the nutritional health of the nation. H.R. 6083 also cripples popular environmental programs, includes harmful rollbacks to environmental and health laws, and fails to make environmental protection a condition of receiving subsidies.
Our nation needs a farm bill that feeds the hungry, improves public health, protects the environment, and enhances animal welfare. Unfortunately, H.R. 6083 feeds fewer people, favors the largest farm businesses, and undermines critical consumer, environmental, animal welfare, and public health protections. We urge you to reject H.R. 6083, as currently drafted.
Alliance of Forest Workers and Harvesters
Beverly Bootstraps
Bread for the World
Center for Food Safety
Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life
Defenders of Wildlife
Earthjustice
Environment America
Environmental Protection Information Center
Environmental Working Group
Family and Community Service of Delaware County
Farmworker Association of Florida, Inc.
Food Democracy Now!
Food Outreach, Inc.
Friends of the Earth
God's Love We Deliver, Inc.
Humane Society of the United States
Intertribal Agriculture Council
Jewish Council for Public Affairs
Movable Feast
National Association of County and City Health Officials
Natural Resources Defense Council
NETWORK, A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby
New Jersey Conservation Foundation
Oxfam America
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
Union for Reform Judaism
RESULTS
San Diego Hunger Coalition
Sierra Club