CONTENTS
- Marianne Williamson has a strong message for women (#6). It’s actually what Tami Canal is doing (#1).
- MAM is March Against Monsanto.
1. TAMI CANAL, THE FOUNDER OF MAM. A MOTHER OF YOUNG CHILDREN, FIRST-TIME ACTIVIST.
2. WHAT DO YOU CALL SOMEONE WHO IS INVOLVED IN MAM? (a MAMA!)
3. URBAN AND RURAL MAMA’S, DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES.
4. GIFT from a rural (male!) MAMA: The effects of industrialized agriculture on “place”. A view from the ground.
A local person describes the same process at work in Canada as George Monbiot describes in Corporate Carve-Up of Africa. (land and resources in Africa / land and resources in Canada).
Canadians should wake up. . . .
WHY, in B.C. are there so many SMALLER communities (e.g. Comox, Terrace, Castlegar) that have MAM’s set up? Raoul Bedi provides the answer … BC is on a roll now with municipal GMO bans
6. AND NOW! Marianne Williamson talks to the MAMA’s! I think this is important.
Stand Up, Speak Out!: Marianne Williamson at TEDx Traverse City
7. SASKATCHEWAN MAM MEETINGS NEXT WEEK. PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD (Lloydminster, Luseland/Kerrobert, Rosetown, Swift Current, Shaunavon, Assiniboia, Gravelbourg, Moose Jaw)
See lower part of March Against Monsanto (MAM): Saskatchewan challenges Ontario!
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1. TAMI CANAL, THE FOUNDER OF MAM. A MOTHER OF YOUNG CHILDREN, FIRST-TIME ACTIVIST.
Wikipedia: March Against Monsanto
“ . . . formed by Tami Monroe Canal, a “stay-at-home mom” from Farmington, Utah. A first-time activist, Canal credits her “motherly inclinations”, saying that where the health of her children is concerned, it “didn’t take much” for her to get involved.[7][8] The movement was spurred by Canal’s frustration over the failure of California proposition 37 which would have required companies to label genetically engineered food. Canal first promoted the concept via Facebook on Feb 28th, 2013, with a statement that read: “For too long, Monsanto has been the benefactor of corporate subsidies and political favoritism…Organic and small farmers suffer losses while Monsanto continues to forge its monopoly over the world’s food supply, including exclusive patenting rights over seeds and genetic makeup.”[4] By May 21st, the Facebook page had attracted 85,000 members.[9] Canal worked with activists Emilie Rensink and Nick Bernabe utilizing various social media sites to promote the march online. Two days before the group held their protest, the U.S. Senate rejected an amendment that would allow states to require labeling of genetically modified foods.[4] . . . More (e.g. the Issues behind MAM): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_Against_Monsanto
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2. WHAT DO YOU CALL SOMEONE WHO IS INVOLVED IN MAM? (a MAMA!)
How about this? Because so many of the mobilizers are young Mothers and young Women like Tami Canal, someone who is involved in a MAM is a MAMA?! (Men who want to be MAMA’s are greeted with open arms!)
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3. URBAN AND RURAL MAMA’S, DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES
- One agricultural community calls people to “Prevent Cancer NOW”, not to a March Against Monsanto. Safer.
- For some urban MAMA’s it’s more about labelling – “GMO, we have a right to know”.
- The young mothers who are the drivers behind many of the MAM’s come with a focus on the health consequences for their children, of eating GMO food.
There is an unrepresented perspective. One I find painful. And so we have A gift from a rural MAMA: The effects of industrialized agriculture on “place”. A view from the ground.