Here you will find a prewritten letter that you may submit to your local paper, using our online submission tool, or you may modify the letter or write your own. It's easy to spread the word!
The "Letters" section of your local newspaper is the most widely read section of the paper! Writing letters to the editor is an effective and easy way to communicate your perspective to both the community in general and journalists covering that the future of organics is important to you.
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The recent tragic outbreak of E. Coli in spinach that has killed one person and poisoned at least 131 others, is being mistakenly linked to organic farming practices'specifically the use of animal manure in making fertilizer compost on organic farms. While no conclusive source of the E. Coli outbreak has yet been determined, conventional factory farm feedlots and agricultural runoff are the likely culprits.
Organic farming is the safest form of food production on the planet. Unlike conventional farms, where raw manure and sewage sludge are regularly applied to their fields with no oversight, organic farms are strictly regulated by both the USDA and independent third-party certifiers. Unfortunately organic vegetable farms that are located near conventional factory farms run the risk of having their irrigation waters contaminated. Pathogens, like E. Coli, are becoming increasingly common in our food supply thanks to massive animal feedlots that generate huge quantities of manure and the routine dosing of conventional farm animals with antibiotics. Organic farming is pasture based and explicitly prohibits the use of dangerous antibiotics, hormones and chemical pesticides.
The real root of America's E.Coli problem is an industrial food system that prioritizes profit above our health, the environment and rural communities. The answer to E. Coli and dozens of other food borne diseases is local and organic food, produced sustainably and humanely by family farmers.
Sincerely, [your name]
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