GMO's in schools and what to do about it

Ann Cooper, Author, Chef & Educator, shares advice for parents on why it is important to help kids avoid GMOs in their foods and what parents can do to help their kids avoid them
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GMO's in schools and what to do about it

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We need to get rid of GMOs in the world; I'm not really sure that we haven't let the genie out of the bottle and it can never go back. But the question is why? Why do I care about GMOs, genetically modified organisms. This is a thing that didn't exist in nature; no mandatory testing, no mandatory labeling, we have no idea what these things that are man-made, chemically made, are going to do to our children's children children. The companies that produce GMOs, companies like Monsento and Dupont are chemical companies. They make stain resistant carpet and Agent Orange. Really? Are we gonna trust them with our children, trust them with our food? But because of politics, because of the government, there's no laws against genetically modified organisms and there's no labeling, so every single one of us, every person here watching us, has eaten a GMO today, because there's no labeling. Now if you only eat organic, because they're not allowed in, then maybe, but otherwise there are in two-thirds of all the items in grocery stores and I guarantee you, there's in school food and there's no way to tell. What we need in America is to have GMOs labelled so we, as parents and chefs and caregivers have a choice. And there is a program right now called Just Label It and we need to look at that, you need to learn about it, we need to demand the GMOs are labelled in this country and we have a choice of whether or not defeat them, and our kids. And you know what? They are labelled in France, they are labelled in Germany, they are labelled in a lot of other countries, they should be labeled here.

Ann Cooper, Author, Chef & Educator, shares advice for parents on why it is important to help kids avoid GMOs in their foods and what parents can do to help their kids avoid them

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Ann Cooper

Founder: Chef Ann Foundation

Chef Ann Cooper is a celebrated author, chef, educator, and enduring advocate for better food for all children. In a nation where children are born with shorter estimated life expectancies than their parents because of diet-related illness, Ann is a relentless voice of reform by focusing on the links between food, family, farming and children's health and wellness.

A graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, Hyde Park, NY, Ann has been a chef for more than 30 years. She has been featured in The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Chicago Tribune, Newsweek, and Time Magazine and has appeared on NPR's 'Living on Earth,' ABC's Nightline, CNN, PBS' To The Contrary, the CBS Morning Show and many other media outlets. She has been honored by SLOW Food USA, selected as a Kellogg Food and Society Policy Fellow, and awarded an honorary doctorate from SUNY Cobleskill for her work on sustainable agriculture.

Ann is the author of four books: Lunch Lessons: Changing the Way We Feed Our Children (2006), In Mother's Kitchen: Celebrated Women Chefs Share Beloved Family Recipes (2005), Bitter Harvest: A Chef's Perspective on the Hidden Dangers in the Foods We Eat and What You Can do About It (2000) and A Woman's Place is in the Kitchen: The Evolution of Women Chefs (1998). She is past president of The American Culinary Federation of Central Vermont, and past president and board member of Women's Chefs and Restaurateurs. She also served on the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Organic Standards Board, a Congressional appointment, and was an Executive Committee member of Chefs Collaborative - all in an effort to raise awareness about the value of healthful, seasonal, organic, and regional foods.

 

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Transcription: 
We need to get rid of GMOs in the world; I'm not really sure that we haven't let the genie out of the bottle and it can never go back. But the question is why? Why do I care about GMOs, genetically modified organisms. This is a thing that didn't exist in nature; no mandatory testing, no mandatory labeling, we have no idea what these things that are man-made, chemically made, are going to do to our children's children children. The companies that produce GMOs, companies like Monsento and Dupont are chemical companies. They make stain resistant carpet and Agent Orange. Really? Are we gonna trust them with our children, trust them with our food? But because of politics, because of the government, there's no laws against genetically modified organisms and there's no labeling, so every single one of us, every person here watching us, has eaten a GMO today, because there's no labeling. Now if you only eat organic, because they're not allowed in, then maybe, but otherwise there are in two-thirds of all the items in grocery stores and I guarantee you, there's in school food and there's no way to tell. What we need in America is to have GMOs labelled so we, as parents and chefs and caregivers have a choice. And there is a program right now called Just Label It and we need to look at that, you need to learn about it, we need to demand the GMOs are labelled in this country and we have a choice of whether or not defeat them, and our kids. And you know what? They are labelled in France, they are labelled in Germany, they are labelled in a lot of other countries, they should be labeled here.