Probably not a day goes by that you don’t get at least one email from one group or another asking you for a donation.

It’s exhausting. Annoying, even. Don’t these organizations get it? That you can’t send money to every group that asks, every time they ask?

We get it. Really, we do. And we want you to know that we appreciate each and every donation, from $1 to $10,000—because you really are the engine that powers the work we do.

Four times a year we run an online campaign to help us meet our quarterly budget. It’s that time again. For whatever reason, donations are coming in at a much slower pace than usual—at a time when we are still recovering from enormous expenses associated with the battle against Monsanto for labels on GMO foods.

We get how devastated you are that a corrupt Congress passed the DARK Act. But we also know that deep down, you realize there’s much more at stake here than labels on GMO foods.

Now is not the time to give up on reforming our degenerative food and farming system. On the contrary, now is the time to ratchet up the pressure on every food company that keeps Monsanto in business, whether it’s Coca-Cola buying up high fructose corn syrup, or McDonald’s serving up hamburgers from cattle stuffed full of GMO corn and soy.

We don’t get many corporate donations—most food corporations don’t like our boycotts and lawsuits. And while we do receive grants from time to time, there are some foundations who think OCA is a bit too outspoken when it comes to the truth about our food system.

That’s why about 80 percent of our funding comes from people like you, people we hope will ultimately benefit from the work we do. If you can, please pitch in to help us reach this next quarterly goal?

From all of us, thank you.

Donate to the Organic Consumers Association (tax-deductible, helps support our work on behalf of organic standards, fair trade and public education)

Donate to the Organic Consumers Fund (non-tax-deductible, but necessary for our GMO labeling legislative efforts)