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The Future of Food
07/26/2008THE FUTURE OF FOOD: an award-winning documentary about genetically modified food
SATURDAY JULY 26, 5:00 PM
Academy of Oriental Medicine
2700 W. Anderson Ln. Suite 204
Classroom B
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In the United States, genetically modified ingredients are not labeled.
“This capacity of bacteria and viruses to invade mammals in different ways is what really has a lot of people edgy about biotechnology because that’s really what the tools are all about.”
– Dr. Charles M. Benbrook, former Executive Director, Board on Agriculture,
National Academy of Science
“Any farmer that has a regular conventional plant . . . and it gets cross-pollinated with Monsanto’s gene against your wishes and destroys your property . . . [that] plant becomes Monsanto’s property . . . That shows you the power of patent law over farmers’ rights.”
- Percy Schmeiser, farmer, regarding the lawsuit filed against him by Monsanto, Inc.
In Mexico, genetically modified seed crossed with the land race corn and contamination entered the gene line of this ancient grain.
“ I think this is probably the largest biological experiment humanity has ever entered into.” – Dr. Ignacio Chapela
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