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Community Meeting on Genetically Modified Food: Label GMOs Ballot Initiative

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Date:
Friday, August 19, 2011
Time:
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Event Type:
Teach-In
Location Details:
Full Circle Farm: 1055 Dunford Way, Sunnyvale, CA 94087

YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW WHAT'S IN YOUR FOOD!!

The 2012 CA Label GMOs Ballot Initiative will be making a campaign stop at Full Circle Farm in Sunnyvale on Aug. 19th at 6pm.

Seating is limited, so please bring a chair if you cannot stand for an hour.

***PLEASE TELL A FRIEND!!! ****


Label GMOs: http://labelgmos.org/

On January 17, internationally recognized plant pathologist Dr. Don Huber, wrote a letter to USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack warning of the discovery of a new pathogen and a possible link between Roundup Ready® (GMO) corn and soybeans and severe reproductive problems in livestock as well as widespread crop failure.
Less than 3 weeks later, the Obama administration approved 2 new Roundup Ready® GMO crops THAT WERE PLANTED THIS SPRING.

Dr. Huber Explains Science Behind New Organism and Threat from Monsanto's Roundup, GMOs to Disease and Infertility: http://vimeo.com/22997532

The American Academy of Environmental Medicine has called for an immediate moratorium on genetically modified food: http://www.aaemonline.org/gmopost.html

Olivier De Schutter, the United Nations special rapporteur on the right to food urges Mexico to continue ban on genetically modified corn : http://www.foodfirst.org/en/GMO+corn

RoundUp, the herbicide companion to genetically modified bt-resistant crops, causes birth defects: http://mgx.com/blogs/2011/07/01/its-official-roundup-causes-birth-defects-is-a-danger-to-humans-and-animals/

Added to the calendar on Wed, Jul 27, 2011 6:43PM
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COMMUNITY MEETING ON GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD 6pm AUGUST 19th at Full Circle Farm in Sunnyvale
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