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GE-Free Markets Coalition Announces
NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION!
June 8, 2002
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Tell Your Supermarket to Stop Using Untested, Unlabeled
Genetically Engineered Foods!
Trader Joe's, Wild Oats, and Whole Foods have already
committed to REMOVE genetically engineered ingredients from
their store brand ("private label") products.
It's time for YOUR LOCAL SUPERMARKET CHAIN to make the
same
commitment, to REMOVE genetically engineered (GE) ingredients
from its own brands!
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WHAT/WHEN: National Day of Action, Saturday, June 8, 2002.
Sponsored by the members of the GE-Free Markets Coalition.
Actions throughout the US at outlets of the targeted
supermarkets. Join GE-Free Markets Coalition affiliates
to demand that the following supermarkets and their
subsidiaries STOP using GE ingredients in their store brands:
Safeway
Shaws
Food Emporium
Food Lion
Publix
WHO: GE-Free Markets Coalition plus local environmental
and safe food groups. (Affiliates include Greenpeace, Organic
Consumers Association, Clean Water Action, MASSPIRG,
Genetic
Engineering Action Network (GEAN) and many others. See below
for the full list of affiliates.)
** WHERE: Contact the GE-Free Markets Coalition Regional
Affiliate for details on the local June 8th DAY OF ACTION in
your area. (CONTACT INFORMATION BELOW)
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Get Involved!
*Join an event at one of these supermarkets near you!
*Hold a press conference outside your regional supermarket
chain!
*Coordinate a letter writing campaign or call in day!
*Educate supermarket customers about the dangers of GE foods!
For more information, leafletting materials, or to join an action near
you, contact:
National:
Simon Harris, Organic Consumers Alliance
(510) 525 7054, simon@organicconsumers.org
www.organicconsumers.org
Heather Whitehead, Greenpeace
(415) 255 9221 x 312, heather.whitehead@sfo.greenpeace.org
www.truefoodnow.org
New England:
Linda Setchell, GE Foods Campaign Director, Clean Water Action
(617) 338 8131, lsetchell@cleanwater.org
Florida:
Sarasota Alliance for Safe Foods
(941) 921 3330, admin@protectorganic.org,
www.protectorganic.org
New York metro area:
Claude Pedelaborde, SOS Food!
(212) 529 9720, sosny@mindspring.com
North Carolina:
Rodney Webb, Carolina Partners for Pure Food
(828) 656 2517, salamandersprings@angelfire.com
Pacific North West:
Mark DesMarets,
North West Resistance Against Genetic Engineering
(503) 239 6841, info@nwrage.org
Northern California:
Heather Whitehead, Greenpeace
(415) 255 9221 x312, heather.whitehead@sfo.greenpeace.org
Southern California:
Brett Doran GE Free LA
(310) 392 7656, bdoran@enviroweb.org
For information on what students are doing nationwide,
contact:
Free The Planet! (202) 547 3656, info@freetheplanet.org.
For more information on the GE-Free Markets Coalition contact:
Jessica Hayes, Genetic Engineering Action Network (GEAN)
(617) 661 6626, ge_action@yahoo.com
Contact to get connected with local groups in your area:
Jessica Hayes, Genetic Engineering Action Network (GEAN)
(617) 661 6626, ge_action@yahoo.com
THE GE-FREE MARKETS COALITION IS A WORKING GROUP
OF THE GENETIC ENGINEERING ACTION NETWORK. IT'S
MEMBERS INCLUDE:
Pure Food Partners
Clean Water Action
Free the Planet!
GE Free LA
GeneWise
Greenpeace
Greens of New York
Institute for Social Ecology (ISE) Biotechnology Project
North West RAGE (Resistance Against Genetic Engineering)
MASSPIRG
Organic Consumers Association
People's Voluntary Labeling Brigade of Vermont
Sarasota County Green Party
Florida Alliance for Safe Foods
SOS Food!
GE Free Hawaii
