The GMO Debate at Cornell University - A Student's Perspective

 

Ithaca, NY; September 7, 2016

A talk by Cornell student activist Robert Schooler. This is the first of 11 lectures in the GMO WTF! series, and  it includes a video appearance by Frances Moore Lappe.

For more info and background:

https://www.independentsciencenews.org/health/the-gmo-debate-one-students-experience-of-pro-gmo-propaganda-at-cornell-university/

Dr. Jonathan Latham - GMO Hazards to Health and Ecosystems

Central United Methodist Church, Endicott, NY; April 19, 2016

How Dangerous are GMO Crops to Your Health and to the Environment?

British Scientist Dr. Jonathan Latham talks about the new and old research into the hazards of GMOs and the lack of regulatory supervision in the United States.

 

Dr. Latham is with the Bioscience Research Project.

Read the paper to which Dr. Latham referred:
Transformation-induced Mutations in Transgenic Plants

Mickey Z. on Food Justice, GMOs, & the Vegan Option

 

New York City; May 25, 2013
Washington Square Park

Eat Like a Revolutionary

Mickey Z. 's workshop immediately followed the NYC March Against Monsanto. This is the best talk I have heard on the subject...informative, highly conscious, and impassioned. The peace and justice community desperately needs to tune into the message presented here.

Viewer Advisory: Some content may be unsuitable for minors.

Read a synopsis of Mickey Z.'s talk.

Mickey Z.'s Blog: http://www.mickeyz.net
Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/y2rm5d9

March Against Monsanto - New York City

 

 

And the 2013 OVOC F-Bomb Award goes to.....(envelope, please)..... March Against Monsanto, for the most f-bombs, most f-bombs per minute, and most people dropping the f-bomb. In other words: Some content may be unsuitable for minors.

Speakers: Bonnie Lane Webber, Sierra Club, New York City; Jon Stepanian, Long Island Food Not Bombs; Eric Weltman, Food & Water Watch; Bob Klein, Safe & Healthy School Food Coalition; Christine Segal, Holisitic Health Coach - WakeUP & Live; Julieanna Hever, The Plant-Based Dietician; Luke Nephew, Peace Poets

Mission Statement

by March Against Monsanto
 

On May 25, activists around the world will unite to March Against Monsanto.

Why do we march?

• Research studies have shown that Monsanto’s genetically-modified foods can lead to serious health conditions such as the development of cancer tumors, infertility and birth defects.

• In the United States, the FDA, the agency tasked with ensuring food safety for the population, is steered by ex-Monsanto executives, and we feel that’s a questionable conflict of interests and explains the lack of government-lead research on the long-term effects of GMO products.

• Recently, the U.S. Congress and president collectively passed a law nicknamed the “Monsanto Protection Act” that, among other things, bans courts from halting the sale of Monsanto’s genetically-modified seeds.

• For too long, Monsanto has been the benefactor of corporate subsidies and political favoritism. Organic and small farmers suffer losses while Monsanto continues to forge its monopoly over the world’s food supply, including exclusive patenting rights over seeds and genetic makeup.

• Monsanto's GMO seeds are harmful to the environment; for example, scientists have indicated they have caused colony collapse among the world's bee population.

What are solutions we advocate?

• Voting with your dollar by buying organic and boycotting Monsanto-owned companies that use GMOs in their products.

• Labeling of GMOs so that consumers can make those informed decisions easier.

• Repealing relevant provisions of the US's "Monsanto Protection Act."

• Calling for further scientific research on the health effects of GMOs.

• Holding Monsanto executives and Monsanto-supporting politicians accountable through direct communication, grassroots journalism, social media, etc.

• Continuing to inform the public about Monsanto's secrets.

• Taking to the streets to show the world and Monsanto that we won't take these injustices quietly.

We will not stand for cronyism. We will not stand for poison. That’s why we March Against Monsanto.

 

Genetic Engineering - A Technology of Corporate Control

Mike Bernhard interviews Mary Jo Long, who had just returned from the 7th Annual Biodevastation Conference.

Keywords: Genetic Engineering