TEDxMileHigh - Robyn O'Brien - Patriotism on a Plate

Do you know what you are eating? In this extraordinary personal account, Robyn O'Brien tells the story of how she started paying attention to what's in food. The answer may surprise you and it will certainly inspire you to be more deliberate about your food choices.

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[Annette Walbon]

Vote with your pocketbook! That is how we take Monsanto and others down.

[Lori Bonicelli]

Excited that finally American's are seeing the truth! Dont fight for Monsanto, they dont give a crap about you. Fight for yourself, your family and your friends. :)

[Kheru Djhuti]

have to make sure we're not getting GMO terminator seed, if we're going to garden.

[Katherine Morre]

What a great speech. tho, I wish she had talked about GMO wheat too, which has not only new proteins but a new carbohydrate, with the ability to send blood sugar higher than eating straight sugar.

[Allhailee .]

GARDEN!!! Backyard Garden is the future thru the past

[drox667]

Apparently the TEDx organizer didn't get the letter from the TED directors which states, “It is not your audience’s job to figure out if a speaker is offering legitimate science or not. It is your job.”

"...they are topics that tend to attract pseudo-scientists [...] An expanding, depressing list follows:

Food science, including:

GMO food and anti-GMO foodists"

Bt protein = non toxic to humans/animals. There are hundreds of studies on Bt. Idiot. It's on your organic food.

This is anti-science.

[drox667]

False.

Read the whole article. independent.co.uk/environment/­gm-food-banned-in-monsanto-can­teen-737948.html

One canteen for one of their facilities chose not to use GMOs back in '99.

[mrhowehead]

No wonder they needed a law passed so they can't be sued for pre-meditated assault on our bodies!

[Donna Compton]

As a 60 year old mother I am sick with anger and grief that I trusted my country's USDA. I am chagrined to realize it is a tangle of politics and the fox inside the hen house. For those who tell me they can't afford Whole Foods, I say how much is your health worth? Stay with the poisonous food industry and you're going to pay more with the consequences. It's a sad state we live in - America is sick.

[James Samy]

Amazing video sharing, love it and definitely I join your mission to rescue the humankind

[Carol Harris]

You are exactly right. Monsanto probably eats all organic!!