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DESCRIPTION:RESISTANCE IS FERTILE! STOP CORPORATE GLOBALIZATION OF OUR FOOD 
 SYSTEM!\nCOME AND LEARN WHAT'S GOING ON IN SACRAMENTO THIS JUNE AND HOW YOU 
 CAN\nGET INVOLVED\n\n***BAY AREA PANEL DISCUSSION AND MOBILIZATION MEETING 
 IN SAN FRANCISCO\nON MAY 27TH****\n\nOn June 23 25 a US government 
 sponsored summit is being held in\nSacramento for corporate reps and 
 government ministers from over 100\ncountries. Their agenda? free trade for 
 corporate crooks, genetically\nengineered food, fish and trees, food 
 irradiation,and pesticides\n\nOur response? A festival of diverse 
 resistance to Monsanto and friends.\nA five day convergence with workshops, 
 education, action and more! \n\nCome and learn more about what's going on 
 in Sacramento this summer and\nhow you can plug into the 
 resistance.\n\nWhen:  TUESDAY MAY 27TH AT 6:30PM\n\nWhere:  NEW COLLEGE 
 THEATER, 777 VALENCIA ST IN SAN FRANCISCO\n\nWhat: A screening of FED UP (a 
 film by Bay Area Filmmaker Angelo\nSacerdote) and a panel 
 discussion.\n\nPanelists: \n\nAnuradha Mittal, co director of the Institute 
 for Food and Development\nPolicy (Food First) in Oakland. \n\nIgnacio 
 Chapela, assistant professor in the division of ecosystem\nscience, 
 University of California, Berkeley. \n\nWenonah Hauter, Director of the 
 Critical Mass Energy and Environment\nProgram at Public Citizen in 
 Washington, DC.\n\nMORE ABOUT FED UP :  About 70% of the food we eat 
 contains genetically\nmodified ingredients and the biotech industry is 
 spending $50 million a\nyear to convince us that this technology is our 
 only hope. FED UP!\npresents an entertaining and compelling overview of our 
 current food\nproduction system from the Green Revolution to the Biotech 
 Revolution\nand what we can do about it.\n\nThis Event is Co sponsored 
 by:\n\nFood First, Greenpeace, International Forum on Globalization, 
 New\nCollege, \nOrganic Consumers Association, Pesticide Action Network, 
 Public Citizen,\nSacramento Coalition for Sustainable Agriculture,.\n\nFor 
 more information:  \norganizeforsacramento@hotmail.com   \n415 981 6205 
 x383 \nhttp://www.sacmobilization.org\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/02/03/20143.php
SUMMARY:Resistance is Fertile: Stop Corporate Globalization of Our Food System
LOCATION:New College Theater\n777 Valencia St. \nSan Francisco
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/02/03/20143.php
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