Genetic Engineering Meetings in Santa Barbara and other areas in California

[Wesley Roe and Marjorie Lakin Erickson]

Genetic Engineering: 
Discussing the impacts of biotechnology on our lives 
Dr. Mae-wan Ho and Luke Anderson
October 26 Town Hall Meeting, Faulkner Gallery, Santa Barbara 7pm 
The EDGE Campaign of Central and Southern California 
and the Community Environmental Council
October 27 Lecture, UCSB, Corwin Pavillion 7pm 
UCSB EDGE, Environmental Affairs Board, Environmental Studies Dept., 
Increase the Peace
Contact Heather Ryan, EDGE coordinator, 805/963-8601
The Ending Destructive Genetic Engineering (EDGE) Campaign of Central and 
Southern California and the Community Environmental Council announces the 
arrival of internationally acclaimed geneticist, Dr. Mae-wan Ho together 
with Luke Anderson, orator and author, for two evenings in Santa Barbara, 
California to speak about the critical issues of biotechnology and the food 
supply.
Mae-wan Ho is the scientific advisor on genetically-engineered agriculture 
for many governments and organizations world-wide. She is the author of 
"Genetic Engineering: Dream or Nightmare?" and is a professor at Open 
University in the United Kingdom. 
Luke Anderson, author of "Genetic Engineering, Food and Our Environment," is 
based in the UK, where he frequently debates the issues of 
genetically-engineered foods. Anderson serves as an advisor to to groups in 
the UK and to Greenpeace International on the subject of 
genetically-engineered foods..
Dr. Ho and Mr. Anderson will be speaking at a Town Hall Meeting at the 
Faulkner Gallery at 40 E. Anapamu in Santa Barbara Tuesday, October 26 and 
at the University of California at Santa Barbara in the Corwin Pavillion 
Wednesday, October 27 at 7pm.
It is estimated that 70% of the food supply is genetically-engineered and 
over half the US acreage is grown in GE foods. Citizens in Australia, South 
Korea, Japan, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and throughout Europe have 
pushed for mandatory labeling and in some cases a complete moratorium on the 
growth of genetically-engineered crops. No independent safety testing has 
been conducted in the United States, where the FDA has granted approval to 
the controversial foods with safety testing submitted solely from the 
biotechnology industry. Currently the US has approved GE varieties of corn, 
soybeans, canola, tomato, potato, squash, and radiccio. Labeling of GE 
foods is not mandatory in the US


Also catch Luke Anderson at the following events:
Los Angeles: 
Sunday October 24, 7:30 pm 
Midnight Special Bookstore 
Third Street Promenade 
Santa Monica, California 
in collaboration with Physicians for Social Responsibility
Ojai: 
Happy Valley School, Monday October 25, 2pm 
Oak Grove School Wed.Oct 27
Ventura: 
Patagonia Headquarters 
Firehouse 
Monday October 25, noon
Berkeley: 
Activist Round-Up, Halloween weekend
San Francisco: 
Bioneers Conference, Halloween weekend
Davis: 
Nov 1 at UC-Davis


and on the radio... 
KCSB 91.9 Grass Roots Radio Tuesday October 26 at 8am in Santa Barbara 
KEYT AM Voice of Santa Barbara 10am Tuesday October 26 
KCSB 91.9 No Alibi Dr. Mae Wan Ho Wednesday October 27 at 10am