I wanted to let you all know what a big success the petition to stop HR875 has been.  I am pleased to announce that today, I sent the 12,954 signatures and comments collected from LeaveMyFoodAlone.org to Congressman Peterson.  I sent them in the old fashion way; printed on paper, being delivered via FedEx.  I thought that the sheer size of the list would be impressive and help reinforce our concerns.  The petition signature list was 1,824 pages total.  (10 point font, some people wrote more than others) I realize that some of you might think it was a waste of paper, but I think this way will help make a bigger impact. (plus I used recycled paper) 

Here are some pictures (click the picture to see more):

I have invited Congressman Peterson (Chairman, House Committee on Agriculture) to answer our concerns and provided him with my contact information to follow up.  I guess we will just have to wait and see what happens next.  In the mean time, you can track the FedEx package in route to Washing DC through the following tracking number: 468417810156689

Thanks again for participation and don’t forget to subscribe to my RSS feed (upper right)  so you can be kept up to date on what transpires with the congressman.

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Update As of May 12, 2009: Petition Delivered! It was signed for by R. Walker at 10:53 AM Eastern.  Click Here to View the Deliver Confirmation

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