[GPSCC-chat] GMO OMG

[Brian Good]

Dear Friends,


										For the last two years, my wife, Elizabeth, has been 
volunteering her time producing a powerful documentary about GMOs, with 
talented film makers, Jeremy Seifert (Director) and Joshua Kunau 
(Producer) whose last film, “Dive!” won dozens of film festival awards.



									
										“GMO OMG”, premiered at the prestigious 
Berlin International Film Festival this year, to very positive reviews, 
and since then it has won almost every festival it has screened at. We need your help
 to get this film's important educational message everywhere. This 
significant film project needs your help to raise an additional $100,000
 to make this happen. Please donate today.



									
													

											
													

															
											
										I strongly support this film, not simply because I have a 
brief interview in it, or because my wife Elizabeth is a producer, but 
because I have personally dedicated more time and effort on this issue 
than anyone else in government over the past 14 years.



									
										In 1999 I heard a public radio report concerning a university 
study of a population of Monarch butterflies which were killed or 
injured while feeding on genetically modified plants. I wondered, if GMO
 substances could kill or injure butterflies, could GMOs have an adverse
 effect on animals and human beings as well?



									
										Therefore, in 1999 and in each successive Congress, I 
introduced bills to test and label genetically engineered products, 
based on the simple principle that the public has a right to know how their food is made and what it contains. The bills were met with stiff opposition from the Big Ag - Bio Tech lobby, led of course by Monsanto.



									
										Fourteen years later Monsanto has a viselike grip on our 
agriculture and trade policies, infiltrating both Democratic and 
Republican administrations alike. This corporate behemoth contributes 
generously to politicians, and runs misleading advertising campaigns to 
promote GMOs.



									
										Still, the American public, if given a chance, wants to know 
if the food we are consuming is genetically engineered. This fundamental
 right of people is now being taken up at a state and federal level. 
Internationally, 64 countries have policies which require the labeling 
of GMOs. Many of those 64 countries have also severely restricted or 
banned the importation and cultivation of GMOs... And yet, we in America
 can't even get a labeling bill?!



									
										Into this mix arrives GMO OMG, a timely, beautiful, 
heart-felt film about one family's journey of discovery into the world 
of GMO's and the impact of GMO's on food, agricultural and the 
environment. It is a powerful educational and organizing tool which 
brings home the urgency of this issue. Time is running out.



									
										Please contribute to support a quick and broad release of GMO OMG and its important educational message.



									
										If you aren't in a position to personally make a donation 
today, please help join the effort to raise funds from friends and 
family. This film will make a major impact given a chance to get into 
general release.



									
										I have always been grateful for your steadfast support and willingness to take a stand with me when it mattered most!

									
													
														

														Dennis
@Dennis_Kucinich
 		 	   		  
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