5:00pm -
6:15pm,
Come to
the
Tuesday's
Sonoma
Farmers'
Market
(Broadway
and E.
Napa
Street).
Show
support
for
farmers.
Tabling
and
leafleting
throughout
the
Plaza
will
also be
going on
then and
after
6:15pm.
Signs
and
banners
will be
provided,
but feel
free to
bring
your
own.
8:00pm,
World-famous
sustainable
agriculture
advocate,
Vandana
Shiva,
is
speaking
as part
of the
Economics
of Peace
conference.
Click
here
for
details.
September
19th:
Fundraiser
Event
for Stop
the
Spray
Marin,
Pesticide
Free
Zone,
Search
for the
Cause,
North
Coast
Rivers
Alliance,
and
Ecological
Options
Network.
Read
more...
August
29,
2009:
Stop The
Spray
supports
GMO Free
Agriculture.
GMO
stands
for
Genetically
Modified
Organisms,
or the
artificial
tampering
of DNA
in
plants,
animals,
and
microorganisms.
The
Institute
of
Science
in
Society
study
found as
early as
2003
that
Genetically
Modified
Crops in
the U.S.
have
increased
pesticide
use.
Read
more
about
GMO at
www.gmofreemontereycounty.org
April
22,
2009:
Santa
Clara
County
using
aerial
surveillance
of
private
homes in
West
Nile
virus
program.
Read
more...
April
16th,
2009:
Article
published
on March
24th in
Organic
Consumers
Association
claims
the
Calif.
Department
of Food
and
Agriculture
may have
underestimated
toxic
danger
of LBAM
pesticide
by 1
million
times.
Read
more...
April
12,
2009:
USE OF
FORCE
AUTHORIZED
AGAINST
U.S.
CITIZENS:
You are
authorized
to use
such
reasonable
force as
is
necessary....
Judge
Henry J.
Walsh,
Ventura
Superior
Court,
California
See
Actual
Warrant
preemptively
authorizing
force
against
an
entire
community
in Ojai,
California.
See
YouTube
Video
of Ojai
Residents
account
of
forced
entry to
their
property
by
California
Highway
Patrol.
March
29,
2009:
Forced
spraying
for
Gypsy
Moth
Finally
Arrives
in
California.
Residents
in
Meiners
Oaks Ca
are
concerned
about
the
health
effects
of
spraying
Dipel, a
formulation
of Btk
to
control
the
Gypsy
Moth.
See
YouTube
Video...
February
12,
2009:
Comment
period
closes
for
proposed
aerial
fumigation
of
Kosciusko
County,
Indiana.
Residents
start
petition
to end
fumigation
without
consent.
Read
more...
February
12,
2009:
Aerial
spraying
to
commence
in the
township
of
Plumsted,
New
Jersy
for
Gypsy
Moths.
Read
more...
February
11,
2009:
Aerial
spraying
to
commence
in the
town in
West
Bend,
Wisconson
for
Gypsy
Moths.
The town
will be
sprayed
with
BTK.
Read
more...
February
4, 2009:
Journal
of
Pesticide
Reform
article
from
summer
of 2006
identifies
sore
eyes and
throat,
headaches,
and
coughing
the most
common
symptoms
of
aerial
BTK
applications.
Read
more...
January
28,
2009:
CNN
reports
president
of
Liberia
delcares
state of
emergency,
orders
pesticide
spraying
across
country.
Read
more...
January
22,
2009:
Reuters
reports
"Plague"
of
Catepillars
threatens
West
Africa
with
Environmental
"Emergency".
Pesticide
options
not yet
decided.
Read
more...
January
21,
2009:
CNN
reports
Study in
New
England
Journal
of
Medicine
links
airbourne
particulates
to
shorter
life
span.
Read
more...
Background: Aerial spraying for the Light Brown Apple Moth (LBAM) in Monterey and Santa Cruz counties in Fall 2007 resulted in hundreds of health complaints and reports of environmental damage. The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) planned to resume and expand spraying into the larger San Francisco Bay Area.
On June 19, 2008, pressured by a groundswell of public protest, the CDFA announced the eradication campaign would no longer include aerial spraying for LBAM over populated areas. Ground treatments, as well as aerial spraying of "agricultural" and "forested" areas are still to go forward.
Spray program ineffective
-Dr. Derrell Chambers, PhD, retired USDA expert on pheromone-pesticides, CA Senate Committee on Environmental Quality (4/28/08)
StopTheSpray.ORG was founded in the autumn of 2007 to give a voice to those opposing the aerial spraying of pesticides aimed at eradicating the Light Brown Apple Moth (LBAM). The petition hosted by StopTheSpray.ORG unites the voices of thousands of people who oppose enforced aerial pesticide spray programs across the State of California. StopTheSpray.ORG provides online forums to post personal experiences, report adverse reactions and find support.
StopTheSpray.ORG believes that information is the basis for empowerment, and aims at creating a communal information database by facilitating exchange and collaboration. StopTheSpray.ORG hosts and nurtures a vibrant online community that is rapidly developing into the groundswell for a state-wide movement to stop aerial spraying of pesticides in California!
