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David and I completed our transcontinental run for a GMO Free USA in July, 2014. Since then I’ve been working hard on my second book titled We’re Monsanto: Still Feeding the World, Lie After Lie. I’m happy to announce that We’re Monsanto is now available on Amazon. We’re Monsanto, Book Two is the sequel to We’re Monsanto: Feeding the World, Lie After Lie, Book One, exposing 50 more of Monsanto’s lies.

We’re Monsanto refutes every major claim Monsanto makes to justify its political corruption, environmental destruction, and take over of the world’s food supply. It demonstrates that the genetic revolution is founded upon greed, theft, and violence, profiting a few wealthy individuals while destroying biodiversity as well as the livelihoods of billions of the world’s farmers and seed savers.

Writing these books has connected me with many amazing people who have dedicated much of their lives and careers to educating humanity about the problems and risks associated with the commercialization of genetically modified organisms, as well as the corruption and fraud that forms the foundation of the biotech industry. I thank all of them for their ongoing efforts and I thank the farmers and seed savers who are resisting the spread of GMOs. Big thanks to the citizens of the world who continue to raise the warning cry against GMOs. We are a movement and what we’re doing makes a difference.

You can contribute to this movement by buying, reading, and passing around We’re Monsanto: Still Feeding the World, Lie After Lie.

Discounts are available for bulk purchases. Discounted Amazon review copies are also available for Amazon reviewers. Contact me for details. Email: [email protected]

Amazon reviews make or break a book’s success. If you or your network of friends and family benefit from We’re Monsanto (Book One and/or Book Two), your positive review on Amazon will encourage others to buy the book, which of course helps spread the message. Please write a review!

Thank you so very much and as always organic blessings to you!

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Endorsements:

“In We’re Monsanto: Still Feeding the World, Lie After Lie, Book Two, Brett Wilcox goes deeper into the issues of GMOs and toxic chemicals in our food. He exposes the lies behind even the parts of biotech that seem wonderful – like genetically engineering rice to produce beta-carotene (Golden Rice). And he hits hard on Monsanto’s plan to steal farming away from the small farmer, resulting in destruction of the soil, the waterways, and the air. Read this book and then make a vow to help restore sanity to our agricultural program.”
— Stephanie Seneff, Ph.D., Senior Research Scientist at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. Author and presenter on the effects of glyphosate on human health

“One more nail in Monsanto’s coffin of lies.”
— Shiv Chopra, Ph.D., Author, CORRUPT TO THE CORE: Memoirs of a Health Canada Whistleblower

“We’re Monsanto leaves no doubt: the biotech industry is not about feeding or taking care of the world’s most vulnerable inhabitants, it’s about stealing their genetic resources, stealing the fruit of their labor, and stealing their seed and food freedom.”
— Ann Aurelia López, Ph.D., Professor, Author, and Director, Center for Farmworker Families

“In We’re Monsanto: Still Feeding the World, Lie After Lie, Brett Wilcox does a fantastic job combing the literature to systematically debunk fifty of the many lies that Monsanto has told, and still tells, to force their technology onto the world. Brett’s book is a recommended read for all GMO Free activists or those just getting introduced to the GMO issue.”
— Diana Reeves, Founder & Executive Director of GMO Free USA

By REP. GERAN TARR
FOR THE JUNEAU EMPIRE
Source: http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2015-03-09/my-turn-know-what-you-eat

What could be more wholesome and American than apples and apple pie? Or salmon. What could be healthier and more Alaskan than feeding your family salmon? There’s nothing more basic than feeding yourself or your family. But in the strange, new world of genetically modified foods, do Alaskans really know what we’re eating? Pending state and federal legislation requiring food labeling would give Alaskans basic tools to make informed choices about what we’re feeding our families.

As many Alaskans already know, the federal Food and Drug Administration is considering an application to approve the first genetically modified fish. A Massachusetts-based company produced a freakishly fast-growing salmon by implanting genes from an eel-like fish and Chinook salmon into Atlantic salmon. We’ve come to know this genetically modified animal as Frankenfish. It’s the first time the FDA would approve a genetically modified animal for human consumption. Just a few weeks ago, the U.S. Department of Agriculture approved apples that have been genetically modified. Welcome to our plates, the Frankenapple.

Genetically modified organisms are plants or animals modified to include genetic material from a non-related species. Genetically modified foods present many risks.

For salmon, there are concerns about the fish’s impact on the market and the risk of genetically modified fish escaping into the wild. Research has shown that the genetically modified fish can out compete their wild relatives and contamination of our wild salmon would be devastating. Adequate testing has not been done to whether there are long-term health impacts from eating engineered fish. Over 1.8 million individuals as well as broad range of fishing trade groups, consumer and health advocacy organizations, and leading chefs oppose approval of Frankenfish. Sixty retailers, including Safeway and Kroger, representing more than 9,000 grocery stores across the country, have pledged not to sell Frankenfish.

For crops, concerns include increased pesticide use; pesticide resistant weeds; losing genetic diversity in food crops; and questions about long-term health effects.

Despite federal action, Alaskans continue to lead the opposition to the dangerous introduction of Frankenfish and other genetically modified foods. An important strategy we’ve adopted is to require the labeling of genetically modified food so that consumers know what we’re putting on our plates.

On the federal level, Senator Murkowski has offered amendments to the 2015 Agriculture spending bill to require labeling of genetically engineered salmon.

On the state level, I, along with Rep. Kawasaki, have introduced House Bill 92, “GMO Labeling”. This bill would require labeling of genetically modified food products sold in Alaska.

The United States is one of the few industrialized nations that does not already require labeling of genetically modified foods. Over 60 other countries, including China and Russia, require labeling if food includes genetically modified ingredients. Many of these same products are sold on the shelves of our supermarkets without labeling. Since these companies are already producing products with labeling for their products sold worldwide, it shouldn’t take much to switch the packaging to show the genetically modified ingredients for products sold in the US.

Labeling of genetically modified foods is already required in Maine, Vermont, and Connecticut. Legislation to require labeling is pending in 20 other states.

To give Alaskans a chance to learn more, events are scheduled across Alaska the week of March 9-13. We’ll be screening the award-winning film “GMO OMG” and giving Alaskans the chance to ask questions about genetically modified foods.

If you’re in Juneau, I invite you to stop by the capitol for some of my homemade non-GMO apple pie on Friday, March 13 and learn more.

• Geran Tarr represents the Anchorage neighborhoods of Airport Heights, Mountain View and Russian Jack in the Alaska House of Representatives. She can be reached at 907-360-4047 or [email protected]

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Announcing the Publication of We’re Monsanto: Still Feeding the World, Lie After Lie, Book Two

My Turn: Know what you eat by Rep. Geran Tarr