--- [log in to unmask] wrote: > From: [log in to unmask] > Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 15:52:11 EST > Announcing the second annual midwest > anti-genetic engineering roadshow > > Road Resistance Against Genetic Engineering > (RoadRAGE), is touring the > midwest this spring. We would like to bring our > colorful, dramatic, > humorous, and well-informed presentation on the > threats of genetically > engineered foods and agriculture to your community. > > Through radical cheerleading, a slide show, skits, > short talks, and > puppets, our multi media show entertains, informs, > and works to build a > base of resistance to GE foods and agriculture in > the midwest. > > We are interested in scheduling tour dates > throughout the month of > April. > > For more information, visit our website at > http://www.stlimc.org/roadrage.html > > Or send us an email at > [log in to unmask] > > Last year, the “Life” science industry launched > a $50-million ad > campaign to convince Americans that the manipulation > of life at the > genetic level, corporate ownership, and industrial > food is what > Americans have always wanted. Lured by promises of > federal research > dollars and venture capital investment in new > businesses, midwestern > politicians and universities also preach the genetic > engineering gospel. > In the midwestern US, where much of the global food > supply is produced, > the acceptance and widespread use of genetically > engineered foods not > only puts the health of eaters around the world at > risk, but severely > compromises the independence of farmers, rural > communities and economies > here at home. > > Luckily, a rag tag group from Columbia, Missouri > sees through the > corporate farce, and we’re taking our message to > the people of the > midwest. Our multi-media hour and a half > presentation, includes a slide > show, radical cheerleading, short talks, music, > puppet shows and skits. > The show follows the plight of an innocent > midwestern community besieged > by corporate executives and public relations lackeys > scheming to corrupt > mid-American values for profit, profit, profit. > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings! http://greetings.yahoo.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - For SC email list T-and-C, send: GET TERMS-AND-CONDITIONS.CURRENT to [log in to unmask]