Two Weeks To Rome: Group of Officials Back Helga LaRouche's 'Double Food Production' Call
May, 2008 (LPAC)--With a price hyperinflation that has suddenly cut off people in many countries from food, threatening famine and causing riots in 40 nations, the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) meets in Rome June 3-5 and must dramatically change free trade policies. The head of the Schiller Institute Helga Zepp-LaRouche has put out a call to the FAO conference for "doubling world food production," including eliminating both the World Trade Organization, and diversion of food to biofuels. Two weeks before the conference a group of elected officials has come out backing Helga Zepp-LaRouche's call. Others have started to denounce ethanol diversion of corn. Support for the LaRouche statement has come from:
US Elected Officials:
* State Rep. Thomas Jackson, Alabama House Agriculture Committee Chairman. Jackson's resolution demanding the U.S. adopt of policy of doubling food production, ceasing ethanol subsidies, and cancelling its membership in the World Trade Organization passed the Alabama House on May 19.
* State Rep. LaMar Lemmons, Jr., Michigan. A resolution (PDF) to memorialize the Congress of the United States to adopt new agricultural policies that maximize food production, and to call for the United States to withdraw from the World Trade Organization and the North American Free Trade Agreement and return to bilateral trade agreements.
* Former State Senator Joe Neal, North Las Vegas, Nevada
* State Sen. Joey Pendleton of Kentucky
* Thomas Trigona, Mayor of Johnstown, Pennsylvania
* Kareem Johnson, Council Vice President of Coatesville, Pennsylvania
* Marcia Goodman-Hinnershitz, City Council of Reading, Pennsylvania
* Former State Rep. Catherine Barrett of Cinncinati, Ohio
* Former State Rep. LaMar Lemmons III of Detroit
* Mayor Andrew M. Cohen of Menlo Park, California.
* Sen. Joey Pendleton, Minority Whip, Kentucky Senate; Hopkinsville, Ky
* State Rep. William F. Boyland, Jr., New York
* Sen. Antoine Thompson, New York Senate
* Harold James, State Representative, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
* Maggie Stock, Mayor, City of Butler, Pennsylvania
* Ronald Bradley, Mayor, City of Shamokin, Pennsylvania
* Anthony Pinizzotto, Council Member, City of Johnstown, Pennsylvania
* Ross Neidich, Council Member, City of Bradford, Pennsylvania
* Bob Onuffer, Council Member, City of Bradford, Pennsylvania
* Jeanette Heckman, Council Member, Borough of Hamburg, Pennsylvania
* Charles Eisenhart, Council Member, Borough of East Berlin, Pennsylvania
*Rep. John P. Fresolo, Massachusetts State Legislature
*Rep. Larry Bell, Vice Chairman House Agriculture Committee, North Carolina House of Representatives; Clinton, NC
*Joan Seymour, President, Southfield Michigan City Council; Southfield, MI. * Jorge Gonzalez, Council Member, City of Lawrence, Massachusetts
*Karen Dolan, Council Member, City of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
*Robert Gaughan, Council Member, Borough of Lansford, Pennsylvania
*Kevin Troup, Council Member, City of Sunbury, Pennsylvania
*Richard Reedy, Council Member, Borough of Kittanning, Pennsylvania
*John Wheeler, Council Member, Borough of Wellsboro, Pennsylvania
*Jean Belinski, Council Member, City of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
*Vergie Werner, Council Member, Borough of Tyrone, Pennsylvania
*Tom King, Council Member, Borough of Sayre, Pennsylvania
*Charles Aikens, Council Member, Borough of Bellefonte, Pennsylvania
*Guy Ferguson, Bradford County Democratic Party Chair; Hillary Clinton delegate, 9th CD, Pennsylvania
*Martin Lewis Eggleston, Council Member, City of Coatesville, Pennsylvania
*Diane Bernardo, Council Member, City of Dubois, Pennsylvania
*Gloria Martin Roberts, Council Member, City of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
*Barbara O'Neil Lane, Council Member, City of Duquesne, Pennsylvania
*William Reese, Council Member, Borough of East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
*Frank Jacobs, Carbon County Democratic Party Chair; Council Member, Nesquehoning, Pennsylvania
*Anthony Petaccia, Mayor, City of Monessen, Pennsylvania
*Jeremy Melber, Council Member, Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania
Unelected US Signers:
* Fred Huenefeld, Chairman of the Boeuf River Soil and Water
Conservation District, and Trustee of the Louisiana Realtors
Political Action Committee, Board Member of Schiller Institute.
* Mohd Peter Davis, Visiting Scientist, Universiti Putra
Malaysia
* Dr. Luise Light, former USDA, Director of Dietary Guidance,
Bellows Falls, VT
* Richard S Courtney, former lead material scientist for the UK's Coal
Research Establishment and has served as a Technical Advisor to
the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), United Kingdom
* Piers Corbyn British Astrophysicist and long range weather
forecaster, United Kingdom
* Cathy M. Helgason, M.D. Professor of Neurology University of
Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago
* Noel Cowling, Texas farmer/activist, a former adviser to the
NFO (National Farm Organization), and member of the AAM (American
Agriculutre Movement)
* John Jeffries, Executive Board and former President, IAM local 830;
Louisville, Ky.
* Gary Barnett, Chairman, UAW CAP Franklin Co., Columbus, Oh.
* Wayne Rebich, President, Carpenters local 1911; Beckley, West Virginia
* William Sickner, Board of Directors, Michigan Farmers Union; Otter Lake, MI.
*Dr. Om Parkash Dhankher, Assistant Professor of Plant Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Dr. Stephen Herbert, Professor of Agronomy at University of Massachusetts, Amherst
*Randy Cook, President of the National Organization for Raw Materials
*Cecil Conry, Assistant Director (retired), Pork Division, National Farmers Organization, Elliot, Iowa.
*Tom Simpson, Former NCLC Organizer & Food for Peace and Farm Parity Activists, Florida
*Gene Riser, Former Mayor of Raudier, George West, Texas
Founder and Director of Euerity Texas Deer Association
*Gary Moore- Wheat Farmer, Tulia TX
Member of Texas Wheat Association
*Dr. Joycelyn Elders, Former U.S. Surgeon General; Little Rock, Ar.
*Wilbur Garrels former Iowa Vice President of the National Farmers
Organization [NFO]
*Mr. Mark Lucas; Alabama State Coordinator; International Boer Goat Association.
*FRANK J. ENDRES, California Farm Leader, Corning, CA.
Signers from Europe:
* Lanciné CAMARA, President of the Union Internationale des Journalistes Africains (International Union of African Journalists) (UIJA), Paris, France.
*Daniel Menuet, Informatic Engineer, Paris, France
Signers from Russia and CIS Region:
* Maxim Alexandrovich Chernov, Poltava, Ukraine
* Magomed Ali Suleymanovich Suleymanov, bank branch director,
Makhachkala, Dagestan, Russian Federation
* Igor Morozov, government employee, Murmansk, Russian
Federation
Statement: "We need to get more attention to problem of
hunger and food production at all levels! Accept the idea -- stop
the hunger in third world and growing countries!"
* Mikhail Koshelev, student, Kaluga
Russian Websites Posting Helga's Call:
* Russian Anti-Globalist Resistance, RF (www.anti-glob.ru)
* Strategium East European Online Political Experts Community,
founder and coordinator Sergei Pozny, Ukraine (www.strateger.net)
* RPMonitor, director Andrei Kobyakov, RF (www.rpmonitor.ru)
* Sarov Top Secret portal, founder A. Borisov, RF (www.sarov.cc)
* Imperiya website, Belarus (www.imperiya.by)
* Rossiya - Ring of Patriotic Resources portal, RF
(www.rossija.info)
* Global Venture forum, RF (www.aventurist.org)
* The Big Forum, founded by readers of Zavtra newspaper, RF
(www.bolshoyforum.ru)
Signers from Ibero America:
*GERARDO VILLANUEVA, Congressman, Gov. of Mexico
*Fernel Gálvez Rodríguez, Congressman, Gov. of Mexico (PRD)
*Alberto Cantero, Congressman, Gov. of Argentina
* Raul Anibal Marroquin Casasola, former Secretary General, INDE-STINDE union
* Randolfo Ernesto Maldonado Cambara, INDE-STINDE Union
* Miguel Ángel Tzoc Morales, INDE-STINDE Union
* Walter Conrado Gaytan Morales, INDE-STINDE Union
* Samuel Nenroht Hernández Orantes, INDE-STINDE Union
* Luis Antonio Chinchilla Corado, INDE-STINDE Union
* José Maria Santos Morales, INDE-STINDE Union
* Carlos René Baeza Olivares, INDE-STINDE Union
* César Augusto Flores Rodas, INDE-STINDE Union
Signers from Phillipines:
* RUEL M. MACARANAS,POET,BAGUIO ARTS GUILD,PHILIPPINES.
Signers from Australia:
*Gordon Hancock, Councillor, Member,
*Murrylands RegionalDevelopment Board, South Australia
*Brian McCarthy, National Chairman, Citizens Electoral Council
*John Carter, Director and former Chairman, Australian Beef Association, New South Wales
*Barbara Dunnet, President, Nannup Shire Council, Deputy Chair, Southwest Local Government Association,
Western Australia
*Dale Frankel, Chairman, Wimmera Irrigators Association, Victoria
*Rodney Wheeler, Councillor, Busselton Shire, Western Australia
*Lorraine Thomas, Councillor, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia
*Mathew Ledwith, Councillor, Kulin Shire Council, Western Australia
*John Wilkins, Grd. Dip F. Ed; former Director, Australian Christian Lobby, Northern Territory; Professor
of Telecommunication Engineering, Lecturer & Exam Supervisor, former member, Institution of Engineers
*Mark Parkinson, Lecturer, B. Applied Science, Lockyer Agronomics P/L
*Maurice Hetherington, Grazier, former Councillor, Banana Shire, Queensland
*John Katis, Councillor, Swan Hill, Victoria
*Greg Cruickshank, Councillor, Swan Hill, Victoria
*Tom Fox, Chairman, Potato Board, Western Australia
*John Salerian, J.P., Councillor, Waroona, Western Australia
*Arnold Carter, Deputy Mayor, Port Hedland, Western Australia
*Jim Hazzard, BE., MEng. Sc., Consulting Engineer, MIEAust, Toowoomba, Queensland
*Arnold Read, Member, Queensland Canegrowers Association and Australian Caneharvesters Association
*Deborah Botica, Councillor, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Western Australia
*Sleiman Yohanna, Public Relations Officer, former President, Assyrian Chaldean Syriac Council of Australia
*Ian Wakeling, FARMING FAMILY SINCE 1818 IN AUSTRALIA / INTERNATIONAL LOGISTIC SINCE 1972 / FAMILY BUTCHERS IN Australia SINCE 1818
Signers from West Indies:
*David Comissiong, President, Clement Payne Movement
Barbados, West Indies
