URGENT: Save our greens - instructions/contact info

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Greetings,

 

Tomorrow (Monday, December 3, 2007) is the last day for public

comment on the proposed rule for regulating the growing, processing,

and shipping of greens. I have listed the links for offering public

comment (http://www.soystache.com/saveourgreens.htm). I have also

listed hundreds of email addresses to USDA staff, as well as other

contact information. There is also a link for finding and contacting

your congresspersons. On a second page (http://www.soystache.com/

saveourgreens2.htm) is the actual text of the proposed rule. Official

text of the proposed rule is also available during the comment

submission process.

 

Please take a moment to submit your comments. Consider also emailing

your comments to others. The sale of truly raw almonds has already

been restricted. While we do not know the exact intentions behind

this proposal, if we wait till that is clear, it will likely be too

late. We need to voice our concerns now. It is better to overreact

than to allow our freedoms to be removed little by little (or a lot

by a lot!) We found out about the almond issue too late. We can still

offer our comments regarding this issue (an opportunity not given to

us with the almond issue).

 

If all they want to do is eliminate the spraying of fresh manure,

that is one thing, but this ruling has the potential to do a lot more

damage to our life-giving foods!

 

Thank you,

 

Jeff Rogers

 

 

 

To officially submit comments online: Go to www.regulations.gov (by

12/3/07)

Near the middle of the

screen is the heading “Search Documents.â€

 

For " Step 1 " , choose “Documents with an open comments periodâ€

 

For " Optional Step 2 " , choose “DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTUREâ€

 

For " Optional Step 3 " , choose “PROPOSED RULESâ€

 

For " Optional Step 4 " , choose “Docket ID†and then type in or

paste “AMS-FV-07-0090â€

 

Click on “Submit.â€

 

 

You should see " Handling Regulations for Leafy Greens Under the

Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 "

 

To the right under " Views " are two options for viewing the proposed

rules: PDF or HTML

 

To the far right under " Coments Add/Due By: " there is a tan icon and

" 12/03/2007 " . Click on the icon.

 

On the next screen, " Public Comment and Submission Form " , follow the

instructions and submit your comments.

 

You may also fax your coments to: (202) 720-8938 " Comments should

reference the docket number and thedate and page number of this issue

of the Federal Register and will be available for public inspection

in the Office of the Docket Clerk during regular business hours, or

can be viewed at: http://www.regulations.gov. "

 

Include this information with your fax (also if you send email,

though email may not be " official " ):

Federal Register: October 4, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 192)

Proposed Rules

Page 56678-56680

From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

DOCID:fr04oc07-12

Docket ID: AMS-FV-07-0090

 

 

 

Contact Information:

 

Secretary Mike Johanns - agsec

United States Department of Agriculture

1400 Independence Ave SW

Whitten Building – Suite 200A

Washington, D.C. 20250

 

John D. Negroponte - John.Negroponte

Deputy Secretary of State

 

Laurel May - laurel.may

Kathleen Finn - kathy.finn

Marketing Order Administration Branch, Fruit and Vegetable Programs

 

 

Other USDA email addresses (sorted alphabetically from the list here:

http://www.soystache.com/saveourgreens.htm):

acoleman, acuster, adela.backiel,

Adriana.zorrilla, agref,

al.senter, alice.welch, amatecko,

Amy.Lance, amy.maxwell, andy.smith,

angela.harless, anita.brown,

anne.hilliard, anthony.bouldin,

apindell, apwilson,

arlene.deutscher, barbara.garrett,

barbara.phillips, barbara.robinson,

bchapin, becky.unkenholz,

benjamin.young, bethany.x.jones,

bill.quinn, billy.cox, bmorton,

bob.beard, bob.ellison, bob.gresh,

bob.stobaugh, bonnie.allely,

brad.fisher, brenda.carlson,

brenda.curtis, brent.doane,

brian.buehler, carol.donzella,

carol.hollingsworth, carol.lagodich,

carolyn.oconnor, Carrie.Pollard,

cassandra.stalzer, cfletcher,

charles.dejulius, cheri.a.oswalt,

cheryl.kennedy, cheryl.normile,

cholguin, chris.coulon,

chris.kocsis, christina.myers,

clifton.parker, clminer, cmurray,

Cordelia.Fox, corinne.hirsh,

cwhitlock, cynthia.portalatin,

Dan.Campbell, dan.stuart,

dastina.johnson, david.black,

ddietzman, Dennis.Carroll,

devie.perry, diane.petit,

diane.van, dianne.guidry,

djiron, dorlene.butler,

dorothy.hinden, doug.l.wilson,

doug.mckalip, dsmith, dtippets,

ed.c.curlett, elaine.tremble,

enesselroad, eoconnor, erica.szlosek,

ervin.ricks, fred.jacobs,

garth.clark, gary.crawford,

gayle.norman, gblum, harold.kanarek,

heather.vaughan, herb.bourque,

heyward.baker, hvaletkevitch,

InfoCenter, Jack.currie,

jallen, janice.carpenter,

janice.tolley, Jay.fletcher,

jeanne.comerford, jeannine.may,

jeff.kerby, jeffrey.mcguire,

Jennifer.oh, Jennifer.Woodward-Greene,

jerry.redding, jim.brownlee,

jim.meisenheimer, Jimmie.Turner,

jlarson, jmakuch, jmartin,

jmh, joan.shaffer, joanne.peterson,

john.webster, jolene.lau,

joyce.hawkins, jschaub,

jsnyder, juan.martinez,

julie.best, julie.macswain, jwalsh,

kathie.klass, kathryn.hill,

kathy.donaldson, Keith.payne,

keithwilliams, kelley.poole,

kent.politsch, khayes,

kim.j.taylor, kristen.skopeck,

lanna.kirk, larry.quinn, larry.shrum,

laura.greiner, lawrence.e.hawkins,

lawrence.rudmann, lcarey,

lisawallenda.picard, liz.warner,

lois.jackson, lori.valadez,

lynn.c.wingert, lynn.howell, MAIL-

lori.ross, MAIL-ocpm, mansy.pullen,

marci.hilt, margarita.maisterrena,

Maria.Sanders, mary.alston,

mary.elder, mary.mcquinn,

mary.shaffer, maureen.quinn, mhartley,

michael.hand, michele.eginoire,

Michelle.Bouchard, mike.kaufman,

mike.mcgovern, millenberg,

mocile.trotter, molly.mcdonough,

molly.voeller, mreardon, msenter,

murray.watts, nadine.wilkins,

nancy.atkinson, nass-ak, nass-

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sd, nass-tn, nass-tx, nass-

ut, nass-va, nass-wa, nass-

wi, nass-wv, nass-wy,

Nathan.fretz, nmcniff,

nolan.lemon, norma.ferguson,

oc.news, paige.buck, pam.phillips,

pat.mcgrane, pat.o'leary, pat.paul,

patricia.klintberg, patricia.mancha,

patricia.mcauley, perry.stevens,

peter.t.fullerton, petra.barnes,

pfinney, pjohn, ralexander,

rconway, Regan.hopper,

renae.anderson, renee.bodine,

richard.jefferson.wdc, ritam.morgan,

rmorgan, Robert.moler, rod.bain,

ron.francis, ron.hall, ron.nichols,

rufino.hurtado, Ruth.Coy,

sally.klusaritz, sam.goodson,

Sandy.MillerHays, sara.bradshaw,

sara.magenheimer, Sean.Adams,

sfederighi, sfugate,

Sharon.E.Lucik, Sharon.small,

shirley.pugh, shutchison,

stacy.mitchell, steven.cohen,

steven.savage, stuart.lee,

susan.acker, susan.conley,

suzanne.pender, swagner01,

sylvia.rainford, tcurtis,

ted.kupelian, teresa.k.howes,

terri.daniel, terri.teuber, terrie.ray,

terry.bish, tgates, thomas.witham,

thomasm, Valerie.Herberger,

vbest, vherberger,

wayne.baggett, wayne.moore, whohenst,

william.murphy, w, yalonso,