Monsanto has taken over D.C. The Biotech Bully has Congress considering the DARK Act, the President working on the TPP, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) may soon reregister Roundup, despite a recent warning by the World Health Organization that the most widely used herbicide in the world causes cancer in humans.

It’s time to come to D.C. to take our country back!

Can you join OCA and our allies in D.C. on October 15-17 for a series of #FoodJustice events planned in coordination with March Against Monsanto and other groups?

Here’s what’s on the schedule.

Thursday, Oct. 15

Art Making – 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.: If you’re in town already and have a creative streak, RSVP to alexis@organicconsumers.org for art making. We’ll paint banners and make butterfly and bee costumes for the march and rallies.

Friday, Oct. 16

DARK Act lobby day – 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.: RSVP to alexis@organicconsumers.org to join OCA, Moms Across America and the Truth In Labeling Coalition for meetings with Senate offices. 

March – 3 p.m. to Dusk: Join OCA, March Against Monsanto and allies for a narrated march that will begin and end at Lafayette Park on the Pennsylvania Ave. side of the White House. Stops along the way will include:

The White House to deliver a petition asking President Obama to pledge to veto the DARK Act, H.R. 1599, the bill that would take away states’ rights to label GMOs. Speakers include Dave Murphy of Food Democracy Now. Bring flashlights to shine a light on the DARK Act.

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative to protest the Monsanto provision that was included in the fast-track trade promotion authority act, and the U.S. government’s efforts to use trade agreements, including the TPP, to overturn laws that label, ban or regulate GMOs and pesticides. Speakers include Margaret Flowers of Flush the TPP.

The U.S. Chamber of Congress to protest the most powerful corporate front group in the U.S. and how this group has  already used the trade negotiations to block laws intended to protect human health from dangerous pesticides. 

Monsanto and the Grocery Manufacturers Association to protest how Monsanto and its Big Food allies spent $51 million to push H.R. 1599 through the House—more than $185k per vote. (And, that doesn’t even count campaign contributions). 

The Environmental Protection Agency (at 5 p.m.) to demand that the agency refuse to reregister Monsanto’s Roundup (glyphosate). Glyphosate was recently classified as a probable human carcinogen and is also decimating the monarch butterfly population. Speakers include Zen Honeycutt of Moms Across America and representatives of Beyond Pesticides, Friends of the Earth and Center for Food Safety. Please dress in bee and butterfly costumes and bring signs shaped as flowers.

Saturday, Oct. 17 on the West Lawn of the Capitol

Education Workshops –10 a.m. to 12 p.m. 

Stop the DARK Act rally and potluck picnic – 12 p.m.-1:30 p.m.: Speakers will include OCA international director Ronnie Cummins, Steven Druker, author of Altered Genes, Twisted Truth, Dr. Edward Group of the Global Healing Center,  Anthony Gucciardi of the Natural Society. 

Need transportation?

The Truth in Labeling Coalition has chartered a bus from Concord, N.H., to Washington D.C. The bus will leave Concord at 7:00 p.m. Thursday, October 15, and pick up passengers in Boston (Newton Train Station); Providence, R.I., New Haven, Conn., Newark, N.J., Philadelphia, Pa., and Wilmington, Del.  The bus is scheduled to arrive at the Hart Senate Office Building at 7:30 a.m., Friday, October 16. The bus will depart the Hart Senate Office Building at 6:30 p.m., Friday, October 16.‎ To buy a ticket for the bus, please contact: adietrich@truthinlabelingcoalition.org

RSVP for the #FoodJustice events on Facebook 

Learn more and watch the promo video at March Against Monsanto