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I wanted to share links to working local organizations available to us today:

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1 - APCC = https://apcc.org/

                       ~ See their newsletter Shore Lines Cape Cod

 

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2 -  Cape Cod Waters, State of the Waters, action plan = https://capecodwaters.org/action-plan/?blm_aid=59791

                      ~ listed info with ideas to protect our waters here 

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3 - Love Your Local Water = https://www.capecodextension.org/hazardouswaste/hhw/

                       ~ In charge of Hazard Waste Day in towns on Cape Cod, ask for Kallipoe 774.487.8802 for any questions, tell her I connected you   :)

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4 - PFAS's = https://www.mass.gov/info-details/per-and-polyfluoroalkyl-substances-pfas

                       ~ info from our State 

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5  - Silent Spring Institute = https://silentspring.org/

                       ~  studies and test lining PFAS to breast cancer from drinking water on cape cod, etc

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6 - GOat Green Cape Cod = https://goatgreencapecod.wordpress.com/contact/

                        ~ My friend Stacey and her goats, if you call tell her I connected you  :)

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7 - Green Road Refill = https://www.greenroadrefill.com/?fbclid=IwAR1xjiJH9z2rZOyvutI7U2tFU58AakA1XE47sRHJF761X1JKMb_5Q9-s69Q

                        ~ Saturday mornings 11am to 1pm all winter Orleans Winter farmers Market, my friend Jessie has a truck with many products to protect our waters.

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8 - Orleans Winter Farmers Market = http://www.orleansfarmersmarket.com/?fbclid=IwAR1cdE9Rf48WwG8OTbdJFn1y7H_KgfKRpezH00bJs3giHFRcPCSThIo-qUk

                         ~ Every Saturday 11am to 1pm in Orleans on Old Colony way behind Chocolate Sparrow, across from Orleans Rock Harbor Grill & fish market.

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#2 BILLS MOVE FORWARD ~ 

thanks everyone who made phone calls, it's working!

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BREAKING!

At 2 PM on January 31, 2020, The Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture passed two bills restricting the use of glyphosate in Massachusetts!

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H.791 eliminates the use of toxic pesticides on playgrounds and anywhere that children learn and play!

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H.792 takes all glyphosate-containing herbicides (including Monsanto's Roundup)

off hardware store shelves and ends consumer use of this toxic biocide!

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To be clear, both of these bills face an uphill battle before passage and aren't even guaranteed to be voted on by the full legislature, but the fact that Agriculture Committee has approved these bills is HUGE and is a testament to the enormous grassroots support and emerging science that tells us we must do something to reduce the use of glyphosate and other toxic pesticides.

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We at NOFA/Mass heartily thank Representative Carmine Gentile for State Representative, 13th Middlesex District, the lead sponsor on both of these bills. He filed these bills after hearing from a number of constituents about glyphosate and other toxic pesticides. Democracy works if we work it!

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We are extremely grateful to Rep. Smitty Pignatelli who listened intently November 12, 2019 as advocates shared more than 5 hours of passionate testimony in support of state action to reduce pesticides use. These bills would not have passed without Rep. Smitty's bold leadership. Thank you, Rep. Smitty!

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And thank YOU, to everyone who heard our call to action and showed up to fill up that hearing room on Nov. 12th and to everyone who has contacted their legislators to make their voices heard on these issues.  We will want to share our gratitude with legislators and provide the positive reinforcement they will need in order to overcome the objections of the chemical industry and bring these bills to a full vote before the session ends on July 31st.

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Side note: Coincidentally (?), this news comes just 1 day after we read that Bayer/Monsanto is reportedly considering ending sales of glyphosate to private users, amid the mounting (thousands of) lawsuits connecting the pesticide to cancer. Article: http://bit.ly/bayer013020 One way or another, we are tipping scales toward a less toxic future!