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Your Call

Your Call: How have GMOs shaped our food system?

 

  

On the September 15th, 2014 edition of Your Call, we’ll have a conversation with Jeremy Seifert, director of the documentary GMO OMG. 85 percent of our processed foods contain GMOs and almost 90% of our corn, soy and cotton are genetically modified. How do GMOs affect our health and the health of our planet? And what should the average consumer know about genetically modified foods? Join the conversation on Your Call, with Rose Aguilar, and you

Guests:

Jeremy Seifert, filmmaker and a concerned father and director of GMO OMG!

Paul Towers, media & organizing director at Pesticide Action Network

Web Resources:

GMO OMG

Pesticide Action Network: Can’t stop, won’t stop our 'Right to Know'

Reuters: U.S. GMO labeling foes triple spending in first half of this year over 2013

Wall Street Journal: Monsanto, Under Attack for GMOs, Has a New Defender

Governing.com: Why GMO Labeling May Finally Win Voters' Approval in Colorado and Oregon