On November 3rd, there will be a Constitutional Amendment on the ballot in Ohio. This is no ordinary ballot initiative. Its very existence and marketing has been bought and paid for--to the tune of millions of dollars-- by national and international agri-business corporations and their front groups, such as Pioneer Hi-Bred International (owned by DuPont and grantee of 100K to the effort),the National Pork Producers Council (113K), and the United Egg Producers (200K!).

(You can join the anti-Issue 2 Facebook Group and help us stop this underhanded effort)

What would it do if passed? It would create a 13-member board, 10 appointed by the Governor of Ohio (and, shockingly, they could all be from the Agricultural Industrial Complex), who would have ABSOLUTE POWER over regulating all conditions on farms in Ohio. The legislature, Dept. of Agriculture, and the people need not apply. Only another Constitutional Amendment could overturn a decision handed down by what will become our very own 18th Century House of Lords in Ohio. And if it succeeds here, expect to see it on your state ballot next.

So if unaccountable government (think "TARP"), wasted taxpayer money, corporate-controlled legislating, E. Coli, environmental degradation, animal cruelty, and bankrupted family farms are not your thing, you would probably be against this.

What can you do? Once again, join our Facebook group. Vote against this travesty if you live in the Buckeye State. If you don't, call and email your friends in Ohio and tell them to vote against Issue 2. Tweet it. Make it your Facebook status. And if you really want to get involved in Ohio, through the Facebook group you will have no trouble finding out how to do that.

Full Disclosure: I am proud to be involved in the effort to protect all that is good and right in the world from Big Ag