FREEDOM OF INFORMATION IN THE GENETICALLY MODIFIED AGE: WATER, FOOD, HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT

PHOTO ALBUM OF THE (Work in progress - Oct. 21, 2014)

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION IN THE GENETICALLY MODIFIED AGE: WATER, FOOD, HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT PANEL DISCUSSION
Sponsored and Presented by The Light Millennium
CUNY Graduate Center - October 20, 2014

P R O G R A M
MODERATOR: Prof. Abdullah TANSEL, Baruch College

KEYNOTE: Dr. Michael K. HANSEN, Ph.D., a Senior Scientist with Consumers Union, publisher of Consumer Reports

PANELISTS:
∙ H.E. Mr. CARLOS GARCIA GONZALES, Founder & CEO, CG Global Consultant and former Permanent Representative of El Salvador to the UN
∙ Mr. JOHN KEMPF, founder and CEO of Advancing Eco Agriculture (AEA)
∙ H.E. Dr. PALITHA L. KOHONA, Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the UN
∙ Ms. JULIE MARDIN, Artist-Activist and Independent Researcher
∙ Ms. BIRCAN ÜNVER, Founding President of The Light Millennium and Permanent Representative to the UN∞ Interactive Session ∞ Concluding Remarks by the PANELISTS

A Panel Discussion on:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION IN THE GENETICALLY MODIFIED AGE: WATER, FOOD, HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT

This timely discussion picked up from The Light Millennium's recent panel at the UN Department of Public Information's 65th Annual NGO Conference (Aug. 27-29, 2014), with a continued diverse set of voices, from diplomats, scientist, farmer to civil society, discussing the problems as well as solutions.
 
As Monsanto spends over $6 million to defeat labeling initiatives in Colorado and Oregon, and powerful trade groups file a law suit against our right to know in the state of Vermont, the need to achieve transparency on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in our food supply is more urgent than ever. Freedom of Information in the Genetically Modified Age: Water, Food, Health and Environment will explore whether these altered forms of food are really the cutting edge solution to world hunger that they are claimed to be. Their proprietary nature, the ineffectiveness of mainstream media, private sector influence, are some of the factors that work against full transparency. How does this lack of transparency jeopardize our health, our environment, and our common resources?

Special Thanks to: CUNY GRADUATE CENTER

Photos taken by: ALI SARIKAYA
Album prepared by: BIRCAN UNVER

Volunteers: MUJGAN HEDGES & ISIK BASARIR
Note taker: DAVID HANNA

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