The Ride for Farmers, to accommodate requests now coming in from riders in other parts of Pennsylvania, and even from other parts of the country, is expanding the "trail".
For all those concerned about our farmers, our food, NAIS, silence around labeling, diseases we are being exposed to, loss of vitamin companies, control on our own property and in our communities, and corporate greed overwhelming all that matters to us ... saddle up.
Spreading the word of impending harm, just as Paul Revere did, is democratic down to its core.
Paul Revere tried to wake people to warn them the British are coming.
These seven things should help wake America to warn them Corporations have landed:
1. Monsanto's genetically engineered rBGH milk is associated with a 7 times increased risk of breast cancer.
http://www.sustdev.org/...
2. Monsanto's genetically engineered Bt-corn and high-fructose corn syrup is now implicated in diabetes.
http://www.organicconsumers.org/...
http://www.organicconsumers.org/...
3. Monsanto is behind banning labeling of GE-food which makes millions of people part of a human experiment they cannot escape.
http://environmentalcommons.org/...
http://www.21stcenturyradio.com/...
4. Monsanto and the FDA are eliminating vitamin companies - that will the end of the alternative health movement.
http://soundofcannons.blogspot.com/... 01/no-more-vitamins-or-their-companies.html
http://www.naturalnews.com/...
5. Monsanto is a major player in Industrial Agriculture, one of the largest contributors to global warming, pollution, and GMO pollution.
http://www.indsp.org/...
http://www.greenpeace.org/...
http://www.saynotogmos.org/...
6. Monsanto's hormones, antibiotics, steroids and factory confinement create a living hell for "industrialized" animals.
www.rense.com/general48/found.htm
www.familyfarmdefenders.org/ pmwiki.php/BovineGrowthHormone/GotPus
http://www.sierraclub.org/...
http://blogs.salon.com/...
www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_5679.cfm
7. Monsanto and the USDA are pushing NAIS - which appears to be a silent take-over of all US farmland.
http://www.newswithviews.com/...
What is involved?
- Just download the brochure or ANY information here (above) or on the website (www.rideforfarmers.org).
- Set out from any place you like, toward any place you want to go.
- Go by horse, buggy, car, motorcycle, bike or foot. (Or boat, even.)
- You can go a block, a mile, or as far as you wish.
- You can go alone or with friends.
- Along the way, share your information with people and farmers.
- Ask the people you share the message with, to carry the message on (tell them how).
- Send us a picture of your "ride" for us to post on the website.
If you contact the media about what you do, that MULTIPLIES spreading the word.
We all need this basic information, so ANYTHING you do is valuable and meaningful.
You will find people are deeply grateful and that you make connections in doing this.
If you would like more assistance, contact us and we'll be happy to help.
Thank you for caring enough to participate. Only together, can we bring back our democracy.
These issues bring us all together as a country - across political divides, across racial divides, across class divides, across urban and rural divides. And in caring enough to tell each other, we are bringing our American family together.
Examples of some possible ways to do this:
You pull your child in little red wagon, the child giving handouts to people. Photo op.
You take your morning jog and hand out information along the way. Photo op.
You bring information to your favorite coffee shop to hand out. Photo op.
You meet your friends for a lunch break and pass out information. Photo op.
You go visit your grandmother and her friends and pass out information. Photo op.
Your teenager goes to the mall with friends to pass out information. Photo op.
You own horses and do a trail ride, passing out information. Photo op.
You take your dog to the park and pass out information to dog owners. Photo op.
You have a party and pass out information. Photo op.
You go the barber or beauty shop and pass out information. Photo op.
You go to teach a class, and open a discussion on these issues. Photo op.
You dress in Paul Revere gear and do the whole nine yards. Photo op.
We bet you will find many more ways and some incredibly interesting ways to do this. Maybe you could even compete with your friends to find the cleverest, most unusual, most attention grabbing ways, to do this. Or straightforward works just as well.
Only, remember - send us the pictures. rideforfarmers@comcast.net
Then, throw a Paul Revere party to celebrate everyone for warning this country, including yourself.