G.M.nO! Genetically Modified Democracy

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.

Today, 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 between Making Contact, Center for Media and Democracy/The Progressive Magazine and Food Democracy Now.

Featuring:   

• Rebecca Wilce, Progressive and ALEC Exposed reporter
• Marcia Ishii-Eieman, Pesticide Action Network senior scientist
• Don Tipping, Seven Seeds Farm owner
• Chris Hardy, Rogue valley farmer
• Elise Higley, Our Family Farms Coalition leader
• Magdeleno Rose-Avila, Yes on 15-119 volunteer
• Barry Bushue, American Farm Bureau vice president
• Klayton Kubo, Kauai citizen
• Gary Hooser, Kauai County Council member
• Dr. Judy Shabert, Harvard Physician
• Chris Broussard, Whinney Hee, James Masey, concerned Kauai residents
• Dean Okimoro, Farm Bureau Association president
• David Louie, Hawaii Attorney General
• Harry Stalford & Willow Coberly, Stalford Seed Farms farmers