Oppose Heitkamp as USDA Chief

President-elect Joe Biden is reportedly considering former US senator and Big Ag ally Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) as the next Secretary of Agriculture. Separately, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations recently announced a pending partnership with CropLife, the trade association for the pesticide and biotech industry. We must oppose this blatant cronyism.

Write to your senators and tell them to oppose the nomination of Heitkamp to head the USDA.

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Please oppose Heidi Heitkamp as USDA Chief

Dear [Decision Maker],

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President-elect Joe Biden is reportedly considering former US senator and Big Ag ally Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) as the next Secretary of Agriculture.

Sen. Heitkamp's industry-friendly record as a senator is enough to disqualify her from serving as Secretary of the USDA. She opposed mandatory labeling of GMO foods, supporting voluntary labeling that was backed by industry. She also advocated on behalf of the fossil fuel industry, sponsoring legislation that would roll back environmental regulations. Before being elected as a senator, she worked for 12 years as the director of the Dakota Gasification Company's Great Plains Synfuels Plant.

In addition, Heitkamp was financially supported by some of the world's largest agribusinesses: Bayer-Monsanto gave her $13,000, Archer Daniels Midland gave her $12,500, she received $9,000 from Syngenta, and $4,000 from Cargill. All of this suggests that, if appointed, Sen. Heitkamp would stand up for industry rather than consumers.

Biden also appointed Michael McCabe to his EPA transition team; McCabe led DuPont's defense of the toxic PFAS chemical PFOA--precisely the kinds of chemicals that put us more at risk from severe COVID-19 infection.

We are beset on all sides from rampant cronyism, and we must oppose it where we can. The federal government has been censoring doctors who try to inform the public about natural ways of preventing and treating COVID-19 infection. We must fight back against the many ways in which government cronyism prevents us from using clean, organic foods and inexpensive natural medicines to stay healthy.

Please oppose the nomination of Heidi Heitkamp for USDA Chief.

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