G.M.nO! Genetically Modified Democracy
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More than 60 countries either ban or require labeling on GMO foods; the US is not one of them. As GMO regulation moves to a local level, frustrated consumers and farmers are pushing for state or county regulations, but the seed and pesticide companies are fighting back.
\\nToday, we bring you a special episode investigating corporate control of our democracy and our dinner plates. This program is part of What the Fork, a collaboration\\xa0between Making Contact, Center for Media and Democracy/The Progressive Magazine and Food Democracy Now.
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- Rebecca Wilce,\\xa0Progressive and ALEC Exposed reporter \\n
- Marcia Ishii-Eieman,\\xa0Pesticide Action Network senior scientist \\n
- Don Tipping,\\xa0Seven Seeds Farm owner \\n
- Chris Hardy,\\xa0Rogue valley farmer \\n
- Elise Higley,\\xa0Our Family Farms Coalition leader \\n
- Magdeleno Rose-Avila, Yes on 15-119 volunteer \\n
- Barry Bushue, American Farm Bureau vice president \\n
- Klayton Kubo, Kauai citizen \\n
- Gary Hooser, Kauai County Council member \\n
- Dr. Judy Shabert, Harvard Physician \\n
- Chris Broussard, Whinney Hee, James Masey, concerned Kauai residents \\n
- Dean Okimoro, Farm Bureau Association president \\n
- David Louie, Hawaii Attorney General \\n
- Harry Stalford & Willow Coberly, Stalford Seed Farms farmers \\n