May, 2014 - Running The Country

David might disagree, but speaking at the St. Louis March against Monsanto was a great privilege and a great responsibility. Thanks to the March organizers for asking us to speak.

Thanks to Glen Strang for sharing his recording of our speeches with us.

Thanks to Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Company for providing the GMO Free USA seed packets on our coast-to-coast run.

And thanks to Meredith, Mark, and Bryan from Dan Rather Productions for interviewing us as we Run For a GMO Free USA. They are working on a GMO related story to be aired by the end of the year.

Lastly, thanks to everything you’re doing to protect our environment, children, and food supply!

Read more about the latest March Against Monsanto from March Against Monsanto’s press release.

Feel free to use this video and photos to advance a GMO Free USA and world! Please link back to this page.

You can also see and share these photos from my Facebook album: March against Monsanto St. Louis 5.24.14

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Brett Wilcox is the author of We’re Monsanto: Feeding the World, Lie After Lie. Brett and his 15-year old son, David, are currently running from coast to America coast promoting a GMO-Free USA. Brett and David blog at RunningTheCountry.com. Thanks to yet another bad starter in our truck and the generosity of good friends, Brett had a few spare moments in Gray Summit, Missouri, to post this blog. Support their run and mission at RunningTheCountry.com/donate.

Running across the country is dangerous! High speed missiles shoot past us all day long, sometimes on roads that have as much shoulder as a Missouri snake. So when we learned of the opportunity to run over 100 miles on Missouri’s Katy Trail, we jumped at the chance. The Katy Trail is the nation’s largest rails-to-trails project, stretching East to West across most of central Missouri. I planned to post photos after each day’s run, but sometimes the best laid plans of mice, men, and transcon runners . . .

On our last day on The Katy Trail, Juli Viel joined us for our final few miles. Juli was a Katy Trail proponent from and played a part in its creation. Now days, Juli speaks passionately about the problems associated with global warming. She also attended the March against Monsanto at Monsanto’s and talked about how important it is that we work together to boot out big money puppet politicians and vote in people who truly represent their constituents. Thanks for the work you do, Juli!

The following photos start outside of Jefferson City and end near The Discovery Bridge, the bridge over the Missouri River some 12 miles from Monsanto’s headquarters in Creve Coeur.

Month: May 2014

David and Brett Wilcox Speak at the March against Monsanto in St. Louis 5.24.14

Thank Goodness for Missouri’s Katy Trail!