Guest guest Posted July 3, 2002 Report Share Posted July 3, 2002 Greenpeace True Food Network July 2002 Newsletter The summer is heating up with supermarket campaign activities. Join us by talking with your store manager about genetically engineered food, petitioning at your local store or hosting your own GE-free BBQ! Attention New England Activists!!! The Greenpeace True Food Road Show is coming to New England towns on July 16-24th. Read below for more details. Inside this Edition: - Greenpeace True Food Road Show in New England! - True Food Activists Hit the Streets! - Biotech Giant, Monsanto, Feels the Heat on Wall Street - NAFTA Agency Agrees to Study Mexican Corn Contamination Issue Greenpeace True Food Road Show: July 16th-24th The Greenpeace True Food Road Show is coming to New England this July. For two weeks, Greenpeace and local activists will be touring in our True Food van, hosting supermarket events and spreading the word about the biggest secret experiment with our food supply - genetically engineered food!! To find out when the Road Show will hit your town, email: roadshow ~~~~~~ Take Action This Summer!! Thanks to many of you who took action on June 8th, the National Day of Action. Many of you have asked us - What's next? Many Americans still have no idea that they are eating genetically engineered food. That's why it is important this summer that we take to the streets to let people know about GE food and demand that supermarkets remove GE food from their store brands. Here's what you can do: 1. Take Action Online. Ask your friends to send a fax to the CEOs of supermarkets. Send this link to your friends: http://www.truefoodnow.org/take_action/shoppersguide.html 2. Petition. By collecting petition signatures, you are not only educating shoppers, but also sending an important message to supermarkets. You can download petitions from http://www.truefoodnow.org/take_action/actionkit.html or send us an e-mail and we will send petitions to you. Our email: geteam (please include your name and address). 3. Talk with your store manager. Letting your store manager know that you don't want genetically engineered food is a direct and great way to communicate to supermarkets. Send us e-mail and let us know what your manager had to say: geteam 4. Have FUN! There are plenty of fun ways to get your family and friends involved in the campaign. Host a GE-Free BBQ. Petition at the beach. For more ideas, check out our Activist Guide at: http://www.truefoodnow.org/take_action/actionkit.html ~~~~~~ Monsanto Feels the Heat on Wall Street Monsanto, the largest seller of GE seeds, took a big hit on Wall Street after news came that company profits are down. Resistance outside of the U.S. to Monsanto's genetically engineered crops has meant that profits are down by a third. Pharmacia, which owns the majority of Monsanto stock, is planning on selling the company to avoid its controversial role in the GE crop business. Find out more about Monsanto: http://www.greenpeaceusa.org/media/publications/monsanto.htm ~~~~~~ NAFTA Commission to Study GE Corn Contamination in Mexico The genetic contamination of corn in Mexico's Oaxaca state is a serious hazard for biodiversity in this region, a world center of genetic diversity for the crop. Now a commission of NAFTA (North America Free Trade Agreement) has agreed to study the problem. The decision comes after indigenous communities from Oaxaca, along with Greenpeace and three other NGOs, filed a request under Article 13 of the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation (NAAEC), the NAFTA environmental side agreement. For more information, check out: http://www.greenpeace.org/news/details?campaign%5fid=3942 & news%5fid=11532 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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