Are You Satisfied?

A chef friend wrote me today asking for my support in signing a petition that seeks to gain equal federal support for organic farming. Here is what the petition says:

Are you satisfied with having just 3% of the fruit you eat free of potentially dangerous pesticides? How about 2% of vegetables? Or less than 0.02% of corn?

Right now, those are the percentages of organic produce available in grocery stores.

Fortunately, the EWG Action Fund is working with Congress to make sure organic farmers get their fair share of federal funds to improve access to healthy alternatives.

You can help right now by signing the EWG Action Fund's Grow Organics petition. Their goal is 30,000 signatures by July 15!

If you would like to read the articles in the San Francisco Chronicle and New York Times, including information about the petition, which needs 8,000 more signatures by July 15th, here they are:

Chronicle

NY Times (via Environmental Working Group)