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DairyBusiness Communications’ “Voices for Choices” is aimed
at creating industry support for producers’ opportunities to
use safe and approved technologies, and for safeguarding the
image of all milk as a natural and wholesome product.
Click Here to sign up and show your support. |
| Funding Tracking |
| There are also some sites that track the funding
and activities of activist groups: |
- Guidestar.org is the
website where non-profits have to deposit their
IRS 990 tax return for public inspection.
- Without spending any
money you can register and see these. At the end
of the tax returns you can see information about
how each organization spent money.
Undue influence and
activistcash.com.
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| AFACT names leadership team; gains momentum |
| The producer-driven organization created to protect a dairy producer’s choice to use approved technologies has a name and leadership team. Meeting via teleconference on Oct. 22, participants selected a name for the effort: American Farmers for the Advancement and Conservation of Technology (AFACT). Read More by clicking Here |
| Posted on 30 Nov 2007 | |
| September Voices for Choices Update |
| Click Here to read the latest Voices For Choices related articles. |
| Posted on 05 Oct 2007 | |
| PRODUCERS MEET IN DENVER, MOVE FORWARD WITH "VOICES FOR CHOICES" |
| Representatives of dairy producer groups from coast to coast met in Denver, CO on Sept. 13 to plan initiatives opposing activists who attack contemporary milk production technologies. |
| Posted on 05 Oct 2007 | More Here |
| THE FUTURE OF FOOD BIOTECHNOLOGY - rbST – A CASE STUDY |
Click below to read a report by T. D. Etherton, Department Head and Distinguished Professor of Animal Nutrition, Department of Dairy and Animal Science, The Pennsylvania State University
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| Posted on 27 Aug 2007 | More Here |
| DairyLine Radio: Interview with Joel Hastings |
| Joel Hastings, publisher of the various DairyBusiness publications speaks about Voices For Choices |
| Posted on 22 Aug 2007 | More Here |
| Meeting planned to organize ‘voices’ |
| Click here to read all about it in the latest Voices For Choices newsletter. |
| Posted on 20 Aug 2007 | |
| a letter from Monty Miller |
| In the ongoing battle for consumer education and agricultural rights in the Voices for Choices program, here's a letter from Monty Miller, a consultant working with the VFC program. Monty sent the letter to Krogers Supermarkets after their announcement saying they were going "rBST free." |
| Posted on 09 Aug 2007 | More Here |
| New Voices for Choices Newsletter Online |
| The July 31 Voices for Choices Newsletter is now online, click here to read it. |
| Posted on 03 Aug 2007 | |
| Add Your Voice for Choice |
| Special interest groups are attempting to restrict your ability to use safe and approved technologies and – through deceptive labeling – are attacking the image of all milk as a natural and wholesome product. Stay up-to-date on the issues, and use this link let your elected officials and federal agencies know you oppose these actions that negatively impact your livelihood. |
| Posted on 25 Jun 2007 | |
| Sec. Wolff’s message for the Holstein convention. |
| Open this news item to see a video of Sec. Wolff’s message for the Holstein convention. |
| Posted on 22 Jun 2007 | More Here |
| Special issue of Dairy Profit Weekly |
This special issue of Dairy Profit Weekly is devoted to ‘Voices for Choices,’ a campaign launched by DairyBusiness Communications to create industry support for producers’ opportunities to use safe and approved technologies and safeguard milk’s image as a natural and wholesome product.
Read more Here |
| Posted on 18 Apr 2007 | |
| Animal agriculture and dairy are under attack. |
| Animal agriculture and dairy are under attack. Public affairs veteran Jay Byrne, of V-fluence, talked about some of the key advocate groups, their tactics and alliances targeting the dairy industry during the Western DairyBusiness’ Dairy Profit Seminars at World Ag Expo in Tulare, Calif. Click Here to read the article. |
| Posted on 02 Apr 2007 | |
| Julie Berry answers Frequently asked Questions |
| Julie Berry, ag outreach coordinator with the New York Animal Agriculture Coalition, answers FAQs regarding about organic, rBST-free and conventional milk. Click Here to read this article. |
| Posted on 02 Apr 2007 | |
| Dairyline Voices for Choices Commercial |
| The latest Voices for Choices radio commercial being presented on DairyLine Radio is now ready, click read more to listen now! |
| Posted on 02 Apr 2007 | More Here |
| DairyLine Radio Interview with Joel Hastings |
| Recently DairyLine Radio interviewed Joel Hastings about the Voices for Choices Campaign, Open this story to listen to the complete interview. |
| Posted on 02 Apr 2007 | More Here |
| The VfC Survey Live! |
| Recently, JoDee Sattler distributed some paper versions of the survey at a Dairy Conference. The results of this group can be seen below. |
| Posted on 22 Mar 2007 | More Here |
| Technology defenders: California producers meet. |
| In an effort to rally support for protecting producers’ rights to use safe and approved technology, specifically rBST, more than 100 dairy producers gathered in Visalia, Calif., Feb. 19. Terry Etherton, Penn State University animal scientist, joined them and shared his insights into what’s driving the fluid milk labeling issue and how producers across the country can and are working together to address the challenge. Read More Here |
| Posted on 09 Mar 2007 | |
| Discriminatory Commercials |
| Some dairy companies use advertising to support misinformation and misperceptions regarding the wholesomeness of all milk, attempting to confuse consumers into believing their products are somehow safer or healthier than other others. |
| Posted on 09 Mar 2007 | More Here |
| E-Mail Survey Results |
| Click Here to see the results of our E-Mail survey, with breakdowns for each publication. |
| Posted on 09 Mar 2007 | |
| DBC Launches "Voices for Choices" |
Concerned about recent dairy industry technology trends driven more on emotion than science, DairyBusiness Communications (DBC), the most relevant media in the dairy business, has launced the "Voices for Choices" campaign.
Read mode here. |
| Posted on 09 Mar 2007 | |
| Interview with John Block |
| Listen to an interview with former Ag Secretary John Block regarding bST. |
| Posted on 09 Mar 2007 | More Here |
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