GMO Videos
Updated July 5, 2011
Video: Conversation with Deepak Chopra: GE Alfalfa,
www.livestream.com/deepakhomebase ; 1:07:49, April, 2011.
-discussion re: USDA approval of GE Alfalfa with Deepak Chopra, Gary Hirshberg, CEO and Founder of Sunnyfield Yogurt, and Andrew Kimbrell and Debbie Barker, Center for Food Safety.
-can also be accessed through www.centerforfoodsafety.org ; click on CFS and Deepak Chopra
-very informative and factual hour-long discussion highlighting the status of the approval process for GE Alfalfa, the devastating effects that will result (deteriorating human health, increased global warming, etc.,) many recent studies supporting organic agriculture (increased yields, biodiversity, etc.) and the actions steps that we can all take immediately to alert the USDA that GE crops are not an acceptable risk on any level.
-highly recommended
Video: Fighting GMO Contamination around the World,
www.grain.org/videos ; (click on above noted title) November, 2008.
-3 interviews: Canada, 12:06; Mexico, 12:59; and Algeria (in French), 6:16
-All interviews are of Board members of GRAIN (Genetic Resources Action International), on their respective views on the fight against GMO contamination in their countries.
-Canada: class action lawsuit results for the fight against GMO canola and wheat naming Monsanto and Bayer.
-Mexico: discovery of contamination of maize by transgenic corn was considered a tragedy in Mexico. Discusses how the resistance to GM contamination has emerged and developed. It is seen as a process of defending the people, communities and livelihoods as the people ARE maize.
-Algeria: addresses the questions: How are GMOs regulated in Algeria? Are there any GMOs in Algeria? Interview in French.
Video: TEDxAustin Robyn O'Brien 2011,
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rixyrCNVVGA ; 18:27, March, 2011.
-Robyn O'Brien, author of The Unhealthy Truth: How Our Food is Making Us Sick and What We Can Do About It and founder of allergykidsfoundation.org
-Robyn is called a "Real Food" evangelist and brings her experience as a former Wall Street Food Industry Analyst and the perspective of food as good business full circle to analyze why food must foremost be good-for-us.
-She offers facts and detailed analysis into the impact that the global food system is having on the health of our children and us all with regard to cancer and allergies and on the US economy.
-She specifically addresses GMO foods and the US government's unacceptable assessment of the risk.
-She discusses WHY organic foods are so expensive.
-She urges us all to educate ourselves on the topic and concludes with a heart-felt action step for us all: Do One Thing to effect change.
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