Part 8--Percy Schmeiser speaks at Okanagan College in Vernon on BC tour,

The Schmeisers visit marks their second to B.C. in the past 14 months. In July 2008, Percy addressed audiences in Castlegar, Vancouver and Vancouver Island, where he urged communities there to protect the local food supply and support efforts to establish G.E. Free Zones (regions that could remain free of genetically engineered plants and trees). Since that visit the municipalities of Nelson, Rossland and Kaslo have all passed policies that oppose the cultivation of such experimental technologies. The groups hosting Percy on this tour will either be continuing their efforts to establish such zones and/or will be introducing the idea.

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• farmers
• GMO
• okanagan
• rights
• monsanto