We, the undersigned, call on government and corporate leaders to adopt the following Call to Action:

Genetically engineered food ingredients or crops should not be allowed on the market unless:

1)Independent safety testing demonstrates they have no harmful effects on human health or the environment,

2)They are labeled to ensure the consumer's right-to-know, and

3)The biotechnology corporations that manufacture them are held responsible for any harm.

Chefs:

• Ed Lippincott, Chef/Owner, Chef Eds Seaside Grill
• Mary Sue Milliken and Susan Feniger, Chef/Owners, Border Grill and Cuidad
• Braiden Rex-Johnson, Cookbook Author/Food Writer
• The Minnesota Chefs of the OCA
• Donna Prizgintas, Celebrity Chef

Scientists:

• Marc Lappe, Center for Ethics and Toxics
• Phil Bereano, Professor of Engineering and Public Policy, University of Washington, Seattle
• Thomas Moran, MA, Biology, U of Missouri
• Council for Responsible Genetics
• Stuart Newman, PhD, Professor Cell Biology and Anatomy at NY Medical College
• Ruth Hubbard, PhD, Department of Biology, Harvard College
• Catherine Badgley, Museum of Paleontology & Residential College and Director, Environmental Studies Program, University of Michigan
• Jonathan King, Prof. of Molecular Biology, MIT
• Albert J. Fritsch, Ph.D, Director, Appalachia--Science in the Public Interest
• David B. Fankhauser, Ph.D, Professor of Biology and Chemistry, University of Cincinnati Clermont College
• Dr. Stephen Jones, Winter Wheat Breeder, Chair, National Wheat Crop Germplasm Committee
• Barbara K. Given, Ph.D, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Education and Research Professor, Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study, George Mason University
• Dr. Dan Brook, University of California, Davis
• Dr. Gerald Smith, University of Michigan
• David Schwartzman, PhD, Professor, Department of Biology, Howard University
• Miguel A. Altieri, Ph.D, University of California, Berkeley, ESPM-Division of Insect Biology
• Philip J. Regal, Professor, University of Minnesota, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Department
• Dr. John Hagelin, PhD, Director, Institute of Science, Technology and Public Policy;
• Presidential Candidate of the Natural Law Party

Academics:

• Jack R. Kloppenburg, Jr., Department of Rural Sociology, University of Wisconsin
• Jeremy Rifkin, The Foundation on Economic Trends
• Angus Wright, Department Chair, Environmental Studies, California State University Sacramento
• Sheldon Krimsky, PhD, Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy at Tufts University
• Patricia Clark Kenschaft, Ph.D, Professor of Mathematics, Montclair State University, New Jersey

Pediatricians/Docs/Health Orgs.:

• Martha R. Herbert, M.D., Ph.D, Center for Morphometric Analysis-Pediatric Neurology, Mass. General Hospital-East
• Samuel Epstein, M.D., Professor of Environmental Medicine, University of Illinois School of Public Health, Chicago, and Chairman of the Cancer Prevention Coalition.
• Martha L. Crouch, Ph.D
• Charles A. Francis, Professor, Department of Agronomy, University of Nebraska
• Breast Cancer Action
• Center for Environmental Health
• Children's Health Environmental Coalition
• Paul Billings, MD, PhD, Internist and Medical Geneticist

Shareholder Advocacy/Financial Institutions/Foundations:

• Chris Desser, Constellation Fund
• As You Sow Foundation

Environmentalists:

• Friends of the Earth
• The State PIRGs
• USPIRG
• Massachusetts PIRG
• National Environmental Trust
• Sierra Club
• Casey Coates Danson, Global Possibilities
• Sustain
• Center for International Environmental Law
• Maine Right to Know
• Greens/Green Party USA
• Earthways
• John Stauber, co-author Toxic Sludge Is Good For You
• Washington Toxics Coalition
• Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice
• Ed Begley Jr, actor and environmentalist
• Wild Duck Review
• Clean Water Action Alliance of Massachusetts
• Free The Planet!
• International Center for Technology Assessment
• Environmental Media Association

Ag/Farm Organizations:

• Pesticide Action Network North America
• Jim Hightower
• Alliance for Sustainability
• Beyond Organic
• Rancho Realty Organic Farm
• Pesticide Watch
• Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
• Colorado Pesticide Network
• Agricultural Resources Center-Pesticide Education Project
• Jim Churchill, Grower, Ventura County
• Northeast Organic Farming Association/Massachusetts Chapter, Inc.
• Organic Farming Research Foundation
• Northeast Organic Farming Association of NJ
• Organic Materials Review Institute (OMRI)
• Robert Cohen, Executive Director, Dairy Education Board

Genetic Engineering Organizations and Leaders:

• Claire Hope Cummings, Food and Farming Forum
• Community Nutrition Institute
• Britt Bailey, Center for Ethics and Toxics
• Washington Biotechnology Action Council
• Laura Ticciati, Executive Director, Mothers for Natural Law
• Leslie Brooks, Chairman of the Natural Law Party
• The Campaign to Label Genetically Engineered Foods
• Occidental Arts and Ecology Center
• Sonoma County Green Genes
• NW Resistance Against Genetic Engineering
• DC Real Food Campaign
• Consumers Against Food Engineering (CAFE), Maryland

Food Safety Organizations:

• Center for Food Safety
• Organic Consumers Association

Garden:

• Greg Williams, Editor/Publisher, HortIdeas

Social Justice/Trade Groups:

• Global Exchange
• International Forum on Globalization

Religious/Hunger Leaders:

• The National Catholic Rural Life Conference
• Food First
• Community Food Security Coalition
• Los Angeles Coalition to End Hunger and Homelessness
• Children's Advocacy Network