Lobbying and Advocacy

What is Advocay?
Advocacy can be understood as involvement in the life of another. To advocate means to recommend

Why is it important
To assist in securing the rights of one’s self or another. This is done through:
• Eliminating discrimination
• Reducing vulnerability
• Achieving goals
• Accessing services that are mandated by legislation to everyone
• Accessing services and/or funding that have been created to ameliorate • current condition and without which the individual is at a disadvantage.
• Achieving equity
• Achieving empowerment and independence
• Overcoming barriers

There are many reasons to be advocting for Organic Producers, chief among these is food safety.  

A 2006 study involved 23 school-aged children and investigated the impact of organic food on exposure to organophosphate (OP) insecticides.

All 23 children tested positive for OP toxins in their urine when eating conventional food. The markers for OP insecticides virtually disappeared after just five days of organic consumption.  Learn more about this research” www.organic-center.org.

We have an Organic Products Standard that goes further into the benefits of Organic produce click here to view it.