[BCFSN] Food sovereignty, state repression and access to land event

[Dawn Morrison]

Hi All,

I am so grateful to receive all the great information that some of you have
been sending regarding the negative effects of GMO'S and roundup. I am
aware that there is a flood of information on the internet and especially
within our food systems networks. Therefore, in regards to my earlier
request for information to help me/us better respond to the band council
and advocate for a ban of Roundup and GMO'S in our community, I am actually
looking for more specific correspondence (letters, Band or city council
resolutions, policy recommendations, media releases drafted by communities,
one page fact sheets, bans, etc...). It would be great to know if these
kinds of correspondence have already been created in oppositional response
to the use of roundup or GMO's would be most helpful by communities,
municipalities and Indian bands.

I apologize for not making my request clear enough earlier, but I/we would
really appreciate not having to draft our response from scratch if there
are other communities that have already done this research and writing.

Thank you so much...I am so grateful for all the responses and genuine
caring!

Dawn Morrison,

BC Food Systems Network
Working Group on Indigenous Food Sovereignty
C/O 555 East 55th Avenue
Vancouver, B.C, V5X 1N6
Mobile: 778.879.5106
Email: dmo6842 at gmail.com
Website: www.indigenousfoodsystems.org






On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 1:31 PM, Dawn Morrison <dmo6842 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi All,
> It has recently been brought to my attention that Roundup has been sprayed
> on my Secwepemc home land at Neskonlith reserve near Chase, BC. Our land
> has been classified as some of the most superior soil to anywhere in North
> America. In addition to having rich soil on the benchland of the South
> Thompson River we have a beautiful east west orientation in the valley
> where Elk (one of our most prized sources of protein) used to roam freely.
>
> There is a rich history of agriculture in our community even despite the
> ways that agriarianism was used to establish legal land and water rights
> that dispossessed us. With that in mind, we do not currently participate in
> mainstream agriculture on a large scale for the various reasons political
> and socio-economic reasons, but some landholders have recently began
> working with outside consultants who are pushing a conventional model of
> agriculture that runs counter to the more sustainable path we are charting
> in the BC Food Systems Network and abroad.
>
> We have managed to keep the land clean and free from the use of chemicals
> and pesticides, and the richness and the beauty of the land in the valley
> lies close to my heart. That is why I am so sad to hear there was recently
> Roundup sprayed on some of the fields on our reserve, so I am reaching out
> to see if you all could share any information that would help us build a
> response to the band council in a peoples assembly.
>
> I realize that many municipalities around BC have banned GMO's and am
> interested in seeing the policies or resolutions to this effect, which
> might help us draft our own statement about Roundup as it relates to GMO's.
> Please share if you know of any.
>
> Also, I would really appreciate receiving any fact sheets on the adverse
> affects of GMO's and Round up, terminator technology would be very much
> appreciated.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Dawn Morrison,
>
> BC Food Systems Network
> Working Group on Indigenous Food Sovereignty
> C/O 555 East 55th Avenue
> Vancouver, B.C, V5X 1N6
> Mobile: 778.879.5106
> Email: dmo6842 at gmail.com
> Website: www.indigenousfoodsystems.org
>
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