as happy as i am to sign on-line petitions, i really don’t believe that anyone reads them and if they do, they certainly ignore them. our country seems to have crossed over into the land of oligarchy while everyone was too entertained to notice and i’m afraid that the only thing that counts is money.
i’m not sure they even care about our votes anymore, at least not once they have them.

i’d like to propose something more radical. what about a month long total boycott on all salmon? of course, many of us have decided that once this creature is approved, we will sadly never eat salmon again, but by then it will be too late.

we need to show now what will happen big time and permanently if they pass this. what if all these groups- food & water watch, slow food, the union of concerned scientists, natural news, fresh, weston price groups, etc- got together and picked a starting date and appealed to their members to stop buying and eating any and all forms of salmon for a month

what about readers of michael pollan, jeffrey smith, wendell berry- what if those authors came out and said “we are boycotting salmon right now”

what if concerned chefs took salmon off the menu of their restaurants for a month and put a note in saying “due to our concern for the health of our customers, we will not be serving salmon until the FDA…”

then we could write to and/ or call our senators, congressmen, the president, the FDA, aquabounty, our newspapers and explain why we were doing this

imagine if salmon spoiled in grocery store ice chests, if fishermen couldn’t unload their haul- yes, it would hurt them but then they could call/ write their “representatives” and say “what’s up? no restaurants or stores will buy my salmon?”

it might give the poor salmon a chance to repopulate.

can we do this? we have the internet, facebook, twitter and all those ways to get the word out. obama used the internet to great advantage during his campaign. other countries, france and italy come to mind, are always striking over this and that and it seems to work for them. let’s go on a salmon strike. now, right now- BEFORE this gets approval.

i’m pretty sure that a few thousand or even million on-line petitions aren’t going ot matter a damn to these guys. money seems to be the only language they speak and let’s talk to them in words they can understand!

because really, what’s next? pigs with no pain sensors? chickens with no feet? cows with no bones?

i really think we have to get serious

carolyn

We won’t be releasing the DVD online for a while – probably not till next year. We do our best to reduce waste on our end (we use small DVD cases, no plastic, and re-use shipping materials when possible). I hope you change your mind about hosting a screening – even if it’s just one in your home with close friends.

Best,
Lisa Madison
FRESH
917-520-1381

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Local food refreshments will be available as well as a discussion on the importance of eating locally.

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