Five open public meetings about chemical giant Monsanto’s plans to develop property in Pima County for the purpose of developing experimental corn and experimental soybean with experimental chemicals will take place in a two-week period in January, yet many people who live in Pima County know nothing about them. Learn what you need to know in preparation for the meetings at a “Stand Up Against GMOs and Pesticides” presentation at Natural Grocers on Thursday, December 29, 2016, at 6 p.m.

(more…)

There was a full house for the non-GMO “Say No to Monsanto” dinner at The Tasteful Kitchen on December 14, 2016. Make sure not to miss the next non-GMO dinner at Harvest Restaurant, 5605 E. River Road, on Tuesday, December 27, 2016, at 6:00 p.m. See the Facebook page about the event.

The 3-course, non-GMO, Pre-New Year Pure Food Dinner that occurred at Harvest four years ago was the most popular non-GMO dinner ever. This Pre-New Year Pure Food Dinner at Harvest is bound to be equally popular. So, act quickly: Check out the two dinner options below. Both options are non-GMO and gluten-free/grain-free.

Call 520-529-7180, give your name and which option you’d like, and reserve your spot while seats are still available.

(more…)

Planning on going to the Pima County Board of Supervisors meeting at 130 W. Congress Avenue at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, December 13th, to keep the pressure on the supervisors and tell them to vote NO on the outrageous proposal to give Monsanto a tax break? Although the tax break for Monsanto is not on the meeting agenda, the public can still speak about it, and we want the board see that the public is not going to leave this issue alone!

If you plan to go, here are some things you should know:

(more…)

by Melissa Diane Smith, author of Going Against GMOs

It’s the festive holiday season—no better time to recreate non-GMO Pure Food Dinners in Tucson!

I am pleased to say that I planned the first non-GMO Pure Food Dinner in the summer of 2012, and every single one of the dinners that I helped organize and that our group offered was extremely popular.

Fast forward to today: In less than two months, the Tucson community has done an amazing job of standing up against Monsanto in Pima County, and new people are joining the movement every day! So, I thought teaming up with GMO Free Arizona and offering a few non-GMO dinners during the holidays was a perfect way to thank the people of Pima County for all their efforts so far and to keep the movement going strong.

(more…)