The Future of Food examines the complex web of market and political forces that are changing what we eat as huge multinational corporations seek to control the world’s food system. The film also explores alternatives to large scale industrial agriculture, placing organic and sustainable agriculture as real solutions to the farm crisis today.
When: Wednesday, July 10 @ 6:30pm
Where: Ocean City Public Library 1735 Simpson Ave, Ocean City, Room 110
FREE MOVIE SCREENING
BOOK LAUNCH
TUESDAY JULY 9–BOOK LAUNCH
This Tuesday evening from 6:30-8:30, GMO Free NJ will have a table at the Academy of Natural Sciences (1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway) to spread awareness of GMOs and help launch the new book DRIFT by Jon McGoran.
If you have never volunteered to do a tabling event this is your chance. We’ll be talking with folks, handing out shopping guides and other educational material, and taking donations for our brand new custom made buttons. If you want to volunteer, please let us know. Continue reading
Food Freedom March
From Collingswood to Westmont
Join in this nationwide event to celebrate the buying power that moms have in declaring our independence from GMO foods. We will be starting out by gathering in Collingswood in front of the Old Zane School, 756 Haddon Ave, Collingswood NJ at 10am and have a mini rally complete with songs, speeches, declarations of independence and general merriment. We will all sign the Declaration of Independence from Biotech. Then we will follow Lady Liberty of Labeling and parade along Haddon Ave into Haddon Township and Westmont, symbolizing the spreading of GMO awareness and have another mini rally in front of the old Westmont Theater. We are expecting to wrap up around noon so you will still have plenty of time for other Fourth of July celebrations. Join in the fun! Make a sign if you want to declare your independence from GMOs! Bring a friend, or two, or . . . just bring them all!
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Where: Old Zane School, 756 Haddon Ave, Collingswood NJ
Action Alert: GMO Bill!
NEW JERSEY! Time to tell the Budget Committee to pass the bill to label genetically engineered food. No more monkey business! Please join us at the NJ State House on Monday, June 17, at 10AM.
Address: 125 West State Street, Trenton, NJ 08625.
Please SHARE with everyone you know in NJ!
Directions here:
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/legislativepub/directions.asp
Action Alert! GMO Salmon!
On December 21, the Friday before Christmas weekend, the FDA quietly gave their approval to genetically engineered salmon. This is the first engineered animal intended for the human food supply. The public comment period ends on April 26, and our comments are needed now. Please take a few moments, click on this link and comment on all three items. http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=FDA-2011-N-0899
Please share this information with your family, friends and neighbors, they need to be flooded with comments if we are to influence the outcome.
Also, please contact President Obama and tell him that you don’t want GE salmon to be approved and that you want all genetically engineered foods to be labeled.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact (202) 456-1111
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington, DC 20500
URGENT!
On Monday March 4 the Senate Health Committee will hear testimony on a bill to require mandatory labeling of genetically engineered foods. PLEASE call on the members of the Committee and ask them to vote yes on a bill with strong language that is consistent from state to state and with a threshold of .9%. You have a right to know what’s in your food and how it is produced.
Senator Robert W. Singer (732) 987-5669 (Sponsor)
Senator Barbara Buono (732) 205-1372
Senator Fred H. Madden Jr. (856) 232-6700
Senator Diane B. Allen (856) 314-8835
Senator Ronald L. Rice (973) 371-5665
Senator Robert M. Gordon (201) 703-9779
Senator Dawn Marie Addiego (609) 654-1498
Senator Samuel D. Thompson (732) 607-7580
Senator Jim Whelan (609) 383-1388
Senator Joseph F. Vitale (732) 855-7441 (Sponsor)
February Meeting – Sowing Seeds of Sanity, Sustainability and Sustenance
On Thursday, Feb. 21 at 7 p.m., the Collingswood Public Library will host a gathering of citizens initiating action in the community with a goal of restoring our food choice freedom. Together we will study the impact of the genetically modified organisms (GMOs) that are in our food supply, learn how to avoid them and explore ways to increase awareness about this serious global crisis.
Know your GMO-free food source — grow your own! Begin planning now and start by taking a virtual walk through the growing season with Master Gardener Gwenne Baile. After her talk, Gwenne will answer questions and lead a discussion about planting a sustainable garden. We will also have time to plan the next step of sowing seeds of GMO awareness.
Bring a friend! We will have DOOR PRIZES! Lucky winners of our drawing receive GMO-free seeds!
Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013, 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Collingswood Public Library
770 Haddon Ave., Collingswood, NJ
GMO Foods – What You Can Do About It
Come join us at the Collingswood Library on Thursday November 15 at 6:30pm for a GMO-free finger food potluck and recipe swap. Maybe we’ll all get a little GMO-free inspiration for Thanksgiving the following week!
Bringing a dish is optional, but if you do, make sure it is non-GMO and bring copies of the recipe to share! We will munch and mingle and then move on to our monthly GMO awareness meeting which will feature video maker Dana Master who will present our community video project.
Yes! We are making a video that will help people see how easy it is to take positive actions towards healthier living, so come with your ideas for becoming more GMO free!
771 Haddon Ave
RSVP: gmofreenj@gmail.com
Come Meet Film Director Zofia Hausman!
On Thursday 10/18 at 7pm a coalition of GMO awareness groups will have a special meeting.
Zofia Hausman, producer and director at Neviah Films will present the trailer from her soon to be released documentary, The Agtivists. Zofia is originally from London and now resides inPhiladelphia and is committed to raising awareness on social issues and the human condition through her films. Come and meet Zofia and learn more about the genetically engineered organisms that are in our food supply and what you can do about it.
Collingswood Library
771 Haddon Ave
Collingswood
RSVP to gmofreenj@gmail.com
YES on Proposition 37: GMO labeling. You Have a Right to Know
In November, California will vote on whether GMO-sourced food should be labeled. The question on the ballot is called Proposition 37 and you can read the entire text here.