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Free Film Screening Explores GMOs at Lake Hiawatha Library

The film that will be shown is Genetic Roulette - The Gamble of Our Lives.

Have you heard of GMOs?

GMO is Bacteria and/or virus genes that are forced into the DNA of crops like soy and corn and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration does not require independent safety studies of genetically engineered foods, according to Genetic Roulette.

Genetic Roulette - The Gamble of Our Lives is a film by Jeffrey M. Smith and narrated by Lisa Oz. The film explores GMOs and there will be a free screening of the film on Wednesday Nov. 6 at 6:30 p.m. at the Lake Hiawatha Library.

For more information, contact Stewards For Food And Feed Safety at StewardsffSafety@yahoo.com or (973) 334-3331.

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Genetic Roulette has won the 2012 Movie of the Year by the Solari Report and the Top Transformational Film of 2012 by AwareGuide, according to its websit.

“We are also offering to show the DVD at your location for a group of 25, on an agreeable date, said Barbaraj Hertz, who owns Boy B’s Farm. She added that the film’s website “illustrates this instructional movie; we could personalize the presentation to suitably meet your group’s needs including a Q-A session following the film. As an alternative to being “victims,” interested persons may participate in CSA, cooperatives & collaborative gardening, as well as cultivate native plants, use medicinal and curative vegetable foods and grow a “sprout” slection on a window-sill for economy and health.”  

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The film will have never-before-seen-evidence that points to genetically engineered foods as a major contributor to rising disease rates in the US population, especially among children.

Joy B's Farm is also known as Joy B's Bush Berry Farm and Joy B's Honey Farm. 

“I operate an organic CSA (this year is has been for Roots and Fruits) as well as a cooperative for the members to grow additional crops (for their own shared use) and a cooperative for organically fed - pastured chickens for eggs,” said Hertz. “When it becomes legal to do herd-sharing in New Jersey, I intend to offer a cooperative for goat's milk. Cooperatives are defined by member participation initiatives - where the eggs are owned by the members who provide the organic feed and collect the eggs etc.  Barn clean out is done by the Farmer (not the obligation of the cooperative).”

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