Join Deconstructing Dinner and the GE-Free Kootenays campaign in a series that will explore what it takes for a community to bring local politicians on board and create a region free of genetically-engineered plants and trees.

The series will feature:

• Saskatchewan Farmer Percy Schmeiser and his wife Louise
• Recordings from the meetings of G.E.-Free Kootenays
• Interviews with food security advocates and politicans
• Audio from actual presentations to municipal councils

Past Broadcasts

2008
November 6 - "GE-Free Zones IV: The City of Nelson goes GE-Free"
Gord McAdams, Kim Charlesworth

October 30 - "GE-Free Zones III: Campaign Launch continued / GE-Free Resolution"
Percy & Louise Schmeiser, Andy Morel, Kim Charlesworth

October 23 - "GE-Free Zones II: Campaign Launch with Percy Schmeiser"
Percy Schmeiser, Corky Evans

January 17 - "GE-Free Zones I: A Community Response to Genetically-Engineered Foods"
Tom Rudge, Jessica Stevenson, Gord McAdams, Angela Reid

GE-Free Zones Introduction
January 10 - "The Colonization of the Canadian Farmer: Canadian Media and Creating GE-Free Zones"
Alex Atamanenko and others

2006
Related Broadcast
April 20, 2006 - "GE-Free Canada"
Percy Schmeiser, Arran Stephens, Colin Palmer

CropLife Canada Watches GE-Free Kootenays
Referred to on part III of the series

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Nelson Daily News. Nelson, B.C.: Jul 21, 2008. p. 1 Click image to enlarge

Nelson Daily News. Nelson, B.C.: Aug 5, 2008. p. 6 Click image to enlarge

Nelson Daily News. Nelson, B.C..: Aug 8, 2008. p. 7 Click image to enlarge

• GE-Free Kootenays
• Society for a GE Free BC
• GE Free Yukon
• GMO Free Mendocino
• GE Free Sonoma
• Organic Consumers Association - GE-Free Zones/Campaigns Info/Directory
• GE-Free New Zealand
• GE Free Vermont
• GE Free Maine
• Canadian Biotechnology Action Network

• GE-Free Kootenays Proposed Resolution (City of Nelson version)
• GE Free Kootenay Strategy Session - Workshop Summary
• "How To Make Your Community a GE-Free Zone" - Council of Canadians

• "Powell River: Canada's First GE-Free Zone" - OCA
• "PEI Considers Banning Genetically Modified Crops" (2005) - The Dominion

Express Newspaper - 11/12/08

Nelson Star - 11/06/08

Nelson Daily News - 11/03/08

Nelson Star - 10/23/08

Nelson Star - 08/14/08

The Weekender - 07/18/08

Nelson Daily News - 07/10/08

Express Newspaper - 07/09/08

Other Media...

GE-Free Kootenays and the Schmeisers, 07/10/08
From Left to Right: Gisele Chouinard, Sandi McCreight, Nigel Tunnicliffe, Percy and Louise Schmeiser, Howie Ross, Andre Piver, Gerry Ring, Marvin Work, Jon Steinman