March Against Monsanto - March For Food Freedom

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Saturday, October 12th, 2013
12:00 PM to 2:00 PM

March Against Monsanto - March for Food Freedom

12:00 noon - bring your own picnic lunch and enjoy the singing, drumming, and music while writing letters or making a sign

1:00 p.m. - march - The route will be in front of Simms Park, along Comox Road, over the 17th Street Bridge, along Cliffe and back to Simms Park.

Due to the success of the UBCM motion asking for a GE Free BC, we will be writing letters to BC politicians asking them to support the resolution. Come early so you can take part in the letter writing campaign.

Tami Monroe Canal, founder of March Against Monsanto (MAM), was inspired to start the movement to protect her two daughters. �Monsanto�s predatory business and corporate agricultural practices threatens their generation�s health, fertility and longevity. MAM supports a sustainable food production system. We must act now to stop GMOs and harmful pesticides.�

GMOs are not adequately monitored to ensure public safety. Long term, independent, peer reviewed studies were not conducted before GMOs were introduced for human or animal consumption.

Monsanto has spent hundreds of millions of dollars to obstruct all labeling attempts; they also suppress any research containing results not in their favor. The scientifically established health risks include, but are not limited to: organ damage, sterility, infant mortality, birth defects, auto-immune conditions, allergies and increased cancer risks.

GMOs have been partially banned by Austria, Bulgaria, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Japan, Luxembourg, Madeira, New Zealand, Peru, South America, Russia, France, Switzerland and Costa Rico, and are currently labelled in 62 countries. Despite this, factory farm animals throughout the world are still fed GMOs.