Silverton People For Peace To Host Film On May 21

Film: The World According to Monsanto

DATE: Thursday, May 21

TIME: 6:00 pm

ORGANIZATION: Silverton People for Peace

MORE INFO: http//www.SilvertonGrange.org/

DESCRIPTION: For our first Movie Night of the spring growing season, the Silverton Grange with the Silverton People for Peace, will be hosting a showing of the documentary, "The World According to Monsanto." Monsanto is the world leader in genetically modified organisms (GMOs), as well as one of the most controversial corporations in industrial history. This film pieces together the story of the St. Louis, Missouri, corporation, calling on hitherto unpublished documents and first-hand accounts by scientists, civil society representatives, victims of the company’s toxic activities, lawyers, politicians, and representatives of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Environmental Protection Agency.

Based on a three-year investigation in North and South America, Europe and Asia, the film tells the tale of an industrial empire that, thanks in part to misleading reports, collusion with the American government, pressure tactics and attempts at corruption, has become one of the world’s biggest seed manufacturers. It shows how the clean, green image conveyed by the company’s advertising serves as a smoke screen for Monsanto’s quest for market supremacy, to the detriment of global food security and environmental stability. Rick North of Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility will lead a question and answer session after the movie with useful tips on how to avoid GE products.