Assert “people’s interests” in USDA's ag trade nomination

While on the campaign trail in Iowa, Barack Obama boasted, “We’ll tell ConAgra that it’s not the Department of Agribusiness. We’re going to put the people’s interests ahead of the special interests.” Despite that promise, it seems that ConAgra’s friends at Monsanto and CropLife are still finding their way into the USDA.

Pro-biotech scientist and researcher Roger Beachy is already on the job as head of the USDA’s newly created National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA).
 
There’s still time, however, for citizens to weigh in on the next nominee—Islam Siddiqui—who is waiting to be confirmed by the U.S.Senate. Siddiqui, the vice president of science and regulatory affairs at CropLife America (an agrichemical and biotech trade group), was recently nominated to be the Chief Agricultural Negotiator at the Office of the US Trade Representative.

Click here to tell President Obama that you oppose the Siddiqui nomination.

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