Santa Barbara Chapter - Weston A. Price Foundation

01/04/2022

06/03/2017

Artificial trans fats were ruled unsafe by the Food and Drug Administration partly in response to a lawsuit that Professor Kummerow filed against the agency.

07/05/2016

The closer we look at the Roberts-Stabenow bill on GMO labeling, the worse it gets. It’s so bad that even the FDA – which asserts that GMOs are “substantially equivalent” to conventional foods -- has criticized it! The bill’s biggest flaws:
· No on-package label required – the companies can put a QR code, phone number, or website, which provides no real information for someone shopping for food.
· No federal enforcement penalties. If the companies fail to comply with even this minimal requirement, there’s no mechanism for the federal government to enforce the law.
· Massive loopholes in definition of genetically engineered and what will have to be labeled.
· And it pre-empts all state laws that would require on-package labeling.

Please call 888-897-0174 to tell your Senator to oppose Sen. Stabenow's so-called GMO labeling bill. This bill would block the Vermont law that labels GMO foods as "produced with genetic engineering.” Vermont's law is working. GMOs are being labeled. Food prices are staying the same. The Senate bill wouldn't require words on the package. It wouldn't label all GMOs. It would take at least 2 years to take effect. And, it would still be voluntary because there are no penalties for non-compliance. Learn more: http://orgcns.org/1mXQooE

07/05/2016

The closer we look at the Roberts-Stabenow bill on GMO labeling, the worse it gets. It’s so bad that even the FDA – which asserts that GMOs are “substantially equivalent” to conventional foods -- has criticized it! The bill’s biggest flaws:
· No on-package label required – the companies can put a QR code, phone number, or website, which provides no real information for someone shopping for food.
· No federal enforcement penalties. If the companies fail to comply with even this minimal requirement, there’s no mechanism for the federal government to enforce the law.
· Massive loopholes in definition of genetically engineered and what will have to be labeled.
· And it pre-empts all state laws that would require on-package labeling.

This is not a “compromise” on labeling – it is effectively a ban on GMO labeling, in disguise.

Vermont’s law went into effect last Friday, July 1. Most food manufacturers came into compliance well in advance. And check it out – there’s still food on the grocery store shelves, the prices haven’t risen, and no companies have gone out of business. While Monsanto and its allies claimed the sky would fall, it simply hasn’t.

There is no excuse for the federal government to step in and override the will of the people and states’ authority to require labeling.

The Senate is expected to vote this week, and the outlook is NOT good. Some corporate agribusinesses who control the Organic Trade Association endorsed the bill, giving many Senators the excuse to say that “the organic industry is fine with this.”

It is vital that your Senators hear from you, their constituents. Tell them in clear terms that you don’t care what companies have endorsed the bill – the voters don’t like it!

Take Action

Call your Senators at 888-897-0174 to tell them what you think of their votes! Calls are the fastest, and most effective way to get your message through to Congress. (This number will give you a quick briefing on the issue, and then connect you to your Senators.)

If you prefer email, you can find contact information for your Senators at http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

Here's a sample script for a call:

I live in [STATE], and I urge you to reject the Roberts-Stabenow so-called compromise on GMO labeling. This bill isn’t a compromise where both sides got something – it simply gives Monsanto and Big Ag everything they wanted, at the expense of citizens like me.

QR codes, 1-800 numbers, or a website address is not labeling. None of these provide information in a reasonable manner for consumers. There won't even be any penalties for failing to comply, and the definition of genetic engineering is so narrow that it is already obsolete. This isn’t mandatory labeling, it’s a mirage.

Labeling GMO foods clearly, on the package, is already happening – in 60 other countries as well as Vermont. Congress should side with the people, not the corporations.

I urge you to vote NO on the Roberts-Stabenow bill.


A phone call is more effective than an email. If you do send an email, please include a couple of sentences at the beginning with your own personalized message -- personal messages have more impact than form emails.

Senators of the 114th Congress

02/19/2016

Robert Kennedy Jr, Dr Bob Sears, Dr Brian Ho**er in Santa Barbara!

Hear Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Dr. Bob Sears, Dr. Brian Ho**er and Trace Amounts Film Maker, Eric Gladen speak in Santa Barbara at the Fess Parker Resort,Wednesday, February 24, 2016 at 6:30 p.m!!!  Tickets are free but you must RSVP to get on the guest list. Don't miss this important educational event…

12/21/2015

FORT WORTH TX – A Fort Worth jury found Raw Milk farmer, Eldon Hoolely, guilty...

11/11/2015

That's what we've been saying for years!

10/14/2015

How many fad diets do people need to go through? Why not just eat what our ancestors ate? Read Dr. Price's timeless book 'Nutrition and Physical Degeneration" to find out!

When Rachael Ray announced that she had a special surprise on her talk show Thursday, the audience roared with delight when former President Bill Clinton

09/20/2015

Santa Barbara Fermentation Festival

_________________________________________________________________ Tomorrow from 11-5pm! Please email us if you can volunteer to help teach people about real food, farming and healing arts.

09/20/2015

Who is coming to Fermentation Festival tomorrow from 11-5? It truly is an awesome festival for adults and kids. We will have a booth there. If you can volunteer to help teach people about real food (we can help you easily), please pm me.

The Santa Barbara Fermentation Festival showcases local and regional experts on the history, benefits and preparation of fermented foods.

09/11/2015

Panel Discussion and Highlights from the film “BOUGHT” Tomorrow night! 6:15-9:30 at Center of the Heart Church!

09/11/2015

The Weston A. Price Foundation will have a booth there. We love to have volunteers to help disseminate information and talk to people about food, farming and healing out.