For this week’s virtual climate strike held by Fridays for Future Bruce Grey Owen Sound, Youth Activist Aidan Randall will be interviewing Lucy Sharratt, the Coordinator of Canadian Biotechnology Action Network, also known as CBAN. They will talk about the need for GMO labelling and how industrial agriculture contributes to the climate crisis and affects our health. Canada does not require mandatory labelling of GMO foods, although a majority of the population supports it. People who would like to take action can sign the e-petition to the House of Commons at https://petitions.ourcommons.ca/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-2416

You can watch the event live on YouTube, Facebook, or Twitter on Friday, June 19th at 7:00 pm. Here is the link to the YouTube Livestream: https://youtu.be/ezpNkaqII7o

Lucy Sharratt works in Halifax as the Coordinator of the Canadian Biotechnology Action Network, also known as CBAN. CBAN brings together 16 groups to research, monitor and raise awareness about issues relating to genetic engineering in food and farming. Lucy previously worked as a campaigner and researcher on this issue at the Sierra Club of Canada and the Polaris Institute in Ottawa. Lucy also coordinated the International Ban Terminator Campaign which secured a strengthened global moratorium on genetically engineered sterile seed technology.

You can visit the CBAN website at https://cban.ca/

Aidan Randall is a 20 year old youth speaker and Fridays for Future activist from Grey Bruce, Ontario. Raised Vegan from birth by parents who are environmentalists, he is passionate about Climate Justice, GMO awareness, Animal Agriculture, and Social Justice. You can follow Aidan on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram @AidansAction.

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source: media release, Fridays for Future