| SACRAMENTO, CA - June 19 - New Report from Pesticide Action Network and Food First/Institute for Food and Development Policy Counters Corporate Hype with the Voices of Third World Activists
WHAT:
While the Bush administration pushes genetically engineered (GE) crops on the Third World at a ministerial conference June 23-25 in Sacramento, and through its WTO case against the European Union, a new report, Views from the South, based on the views and analysis of leading Third World farmers, scientists, and activists dismantles the myth that GE food will end hunger.
WHEN:
Hear Third World experts present their views on GE crops at the following four events:
Monday June 23rd, 11:00 a.m. PDT - Conversation with the media in Sacramento
Monday June 23rd, 7-9 p.m. - Panel in Sacramento: Agriculture, Hunger and Biodiversity, featuring biotech industry and USDA spokespeople as well as report authors.
DETAIL:
CONVERSATION WITH MEDIA - SACRAMENTO
Monday June 23rd, 11:00 a.m. PDT - Kamilos Room, Sheraton, 1230 J Street, Sacramento, 916-447-1700
Format: brief comment from report authors, followed by informal Q&A and one-to-one interviews as desired
Speakers:
Timothy Byakola, Chairman, Projects Steering Committee of the Uganda Rio+10 Coalition
Silvia Ribeiro, Researcher and Program Manager, ETC Group (formerly RAFI), Mexico
Anuradha Mittal, Co-Director, Food First/Institute for Food and Development Policy, co-editor of Voices from the South.
Amadou Kanoute, Director, Consumers International, Regional Office for Africa, Zimbabwe
Ellen Hickey, Program Director, Pesticide Action Network North America, co-editor of Voices from the South.
PANEL: AGRICULTURE, HUNGER AND BIODIVERSITY - SACRAMENTO
Monday June 23rd, 7-9 p.m. PDT - Crest Theater, 1013 K Street, Sacramento, 916-44-CREST (442-7378).
Speakers will feature biotech industry and USDA spokespeople as well as report authors
For media tickets, please call Anuradha Mittal, Food First, 510-654-4400, ext. 233 or 510-469-5228 (cell).
Interviews are available with Spanish speakers at both events. To arrange an interview in Spanish, please call Pamela Laurence, Pesticide Action Network, at 415-981-1771 ext. 323.
For report documents on the web, including downloadable chapters, author biographies, and photos, please visit:
http://www.foodfirst.org/sacramento/pressadvisory.php.
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