Only in Miami Radio Show Special Ep 26 - 880 The Biz - March Against Monsanto - 5/26/14

Episode 26 of the Only in Miami Show is a montage of interviews with the Miami March Against Monsanto participants on Saturday May 24th, and with organizers and GMO activists from prior episodes. The first interview features Adrienne Bolton, who is a Dietician and Local Resolutions Coordinator for the FoodandWaterWatch.org Trish Sheldon of GMOFreeFlorida.org organizes Miami's March Against Monsanto. Lady Casa is the head of PlurWarriors.org and a no-GMO activist Zen Honeycutt is the founder of www.momsacrossamerica.com who is organizing hundreds of GMO protests this year on the 4th of July. The March against Monsanto happened Saturday, May 24th at 2pm outside Miami’s Adrienne Arsht Center MetroMover station on Biscayne Boulevard and 15th Street. Find out more at their event page: www.facebook.com/events/1442210842685487/ Please take this brief survey to rate our programming: www.podtrac.com/audience/start-su…&ver=standard PRESS Release: On May 24, 2014 activists around the world will unite to March Against Monsanto. Why do we march? Research studies have shown that Monsanto’s genetically-modified foods can lead to serious health conditions such as the development of cancer tumors, infertility and birth defects. In the United States, the FDA, the agency tasked with ensuring food safety for the population, is steered by ex-Monsanto executives. We feel that’s a questionable conflict of interests and explains the lack of government-led research on the long-term effects of GM products. For too long, Monsanto has been the benefactor of corporate subsidies and political favoritism. Organic and small farmers suffer losses while Monsanto continues to forge its monopoly over the world’s food supply, including exclusive patenting rights over seeds and genetic makeup. Monsanto's GM seeds are harmful to the environment; for example, scientists have indicated they have contributed to Colony Collapse Disorder among the world's bee population. What solutions do we advocate? • Voting with your dollar by buying organic and boycotting Monsanto-owned companies that use GMOs in their products. • Labeling of GMOs so that consumers can make those informed decisions easier. • Calling for further scientific research on the health effects of GMOs. • Holding Monsanto executives and Monsanto-supporting politicians accountable through direct communication, grassroots journalism, social media, etc. • Continuing to inform the public about Monsanto's secrets. • Taking to the streets to show the world and Monsanto that we won't take these injustices quietly. We will not stand for cronyism. We will not stand for poison. That’s why we March Against Monsanto.