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GMO Talk with Lucy Sharratt of CBAN

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GMO Talk with Lucy Sharratt of CBAN

Time: September 29, 2011 from 7pm to 9pm
Location: Richmond Hospital, Ralph Fisher Auditorium
Street: 7000 Westminster Highway
City/Town: Richmond, BC
Website or Map: http://www.cban.ca
Event Neighbourhood and Type: gmo, apples, wheat, alfalfa
Organized By: Richmond Food Security Society
Latest Activity: Sep 11, 2011

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Genetically modified foods are a threat to the environment, our health, and organic farming. Learn what GM foods are on the market in Canada and find out what you can do to stop GM alfalfa, wheat and apples.

Canadian Biotechnology Action Network's mission: To promote food sovereignty and democratic decision-making on science and technology issues in order to protect the integrity of the environment, health, food, and the livelihoods of people in Canada and around the world by facilitating, informing and organizing civil society action, researching, and providing information to government for policy development.

To achieve this CBAN works to:

– Facilitate collaborative campaigning at the local, regional, national and international levels
– Enable individual Canadians to take strategic and effective action
– Research and monitor new technologies and provide credible information
– Challenge government to transparency, accountability and democratic process

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Comment by Cylia on September 11, 2011 at 7:51am
I hope to attend the Vancouver session instead.
Comment by Cylia on September 2, 2011 at 10:03am

If you're interested in going, we may be driving out from Vancouver Commercial Drive Broadway area, so email me to check if we can carpool.

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