[Occupymendocino] Fwd: Host your own Monsanto Challenge in Fort Bragg?

[Linda Jupiter]

This is a well-done video on GMO foods.
Is Occupy interested?
Linda

> Dear MoveOn member,
>
> Recently, I shared with you and other MoveOn members a video of a  
> 'Monsanto Challenge' I organized in Northampton. The event was a fun  
> way to take our message about the need for GMO labeling to the  
> public in my state.
>
> With the GMO labeling movement growing coast to coast, I thought  
> MoveOn members in California would be interested in having a similar  
> Monsanto Challenge event near them—but first someone needs to take  
> the lead and organize it. Will you host a Monsanto Challenge in Fort  
> Bragg?
>
> Click here to host your own Monsanto Challenge event in Fort Bragg.
>
> Hosting a Challenge is a simple, great way to recruit new GMO  
> labeling supporters and demonstrate how absurd it is that we could  
> be eating potentially harmful foods without knowing it. Once you  
> find a venue to hold the Challenge—farmers' markets are great—MoveOn  
> will recruit people to attend and show you how make it fun and  
> powerful.
>
> The Challenge isn't just educational, it's fun! Check out the full  
> email and video below, then click here to plan your Monsanto  
> Challenge.
>
> Thanks for all you do.
>
> –Pat Fiero
>
> Dear MoveOn member,
>
> Think you could taste the toxic ingredients in your food? We tested  
> that question with dozens of people on the street in Northampton,  
> Massachusetts last Friday. It was a fun but pointed demonstration of  
> the silent danger of GMO products. We called it "The Monsanto  
> Challenge."
>
> It's ridiculous and potentially dangerous that Monsanto and other  
> food companies can, in nearly every state, sell consumers GMO  
> products without telling us. I think we have a right to know what's  
> in our food so we can make our own decisions about what we eat. We  
> organized this event to build support for a GMO labeling law in our  
> state.
>
> Click here to watch a video of the event and share it with your  
> friends.
>
>
>
> Enacting a GMO labeling law in Massachusetts is important for the  
> national GMO labeling movement as well. Connecticut and Maine passed  
> laws earlier this summer, but lobbyists stuffed in "trigger  
> mechanisms" that prevent them from going into effect until  
> neighboring states pass their own GMO labeling laws.
>
> So if we pass a labeling law in Massachusetts, the laws in two other  
> states are closer to being implemented. And as more and more states  
> require GMO labeling, it will make less and less sense for Monsanto  
> and huge food companies in only a handful of states—they'll just do  
> it for the whole country.
>
> That's why I'm fighting so hard in Massachusetts. That's why I  
> organized this event—which I'm hoping folks in other states will  
> plan in their communities as well. Will you share this video with  
> your friends?
>
> Yes, I'll share the video.
>
> Thanks for all you do.
>
> –Pat Fiero
>
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