Dear Mother: April/May 2009

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April/May 2009
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Bridget Boyle
Corona, California

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As chairman of the Mobile Sister Cities Society, I have had much recent contact with officials and citizens of Haiti, Cuba, Mexico and areas of the U.S. Gulf Coast that suffered the most damage during the recent hurricanes of 2008.

These people have had great need for food and medical care, but another need has recently surfaced: tools of all kinds to undertake the massive reconstruction of homes and buildings. This includes hammers, nails, shovels, screws and screwdrivers, saws, wheelbarrows, and tape measures, i.e. any tool or supply necessary for rebuilding.

We’re organizing a shipload of tools to leave Gulfport, Miss., in April. Anyone interested in donating tools (or cash for us to purchase tools) can contact me at the number below.

Jay Higginbotham
251-471-5276
Mobile, Alabama

GMO Crops Fall Short

Re: Engineering a False Hope. I am a humble farmer who is working with a family farm that’s three generations old. I can say without doubt that GMO soybeans fall short of their promises. In the last five years, we have planted heritage seed and the GMO Roundup-Ready beans. The Roundup Ready’s yields have consistently been lower on average than those from the heritage seeds (which we were told would not happen), and the use of Roundup has almost doubled the last couple of years. The weeds are resistant and now the herbicide isn’t even working. Genetic modification does not work, and has come close to driving family farms completely out of business. It is time to get rid of the GMOs.

Mary Miller
St. Charles, Missouri

Read Genetically Engineered Food Crops Require More Herbicide for more on GMO crops and increased herbicide requirements. — Mother

The Great Cigarette Debate

I have enjoyed your magazine for many years, but I will no longer be renewing because of the cigarette ads. How can a magazine that preaches natural, healthy, Earth-friendly lifestyles possibly condone cigarettes?

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