Ten Things You Can Do

10 things you can do for a GE Free BC

  1. Check your groceries. Ask: Is this food genetically engineered? Where is it from? Buy food labelled organic and/or GE free.
  2. Get and share information. The Society for a G.E. Free B.C. will provide you with information. Tell your family and friends. Staff a table at an event with a buddy from a list of volunteers.
  3. Show 'The Future of Food' movie. Screen it in your club, high school, Home Ec class, church, and community centre.
  4. Encourage your school to adopt a GE free policy in its cafeteria and vending machines. Approach your local PAC (Parent Advisory Council).
  5. Host a 100-Mile GE free Potluck, Serve on GE Free foods produced within 100 miles of your home.
  6. Ask at restaurants whether the food you are eating, including the oil it is cooked in, is GE Free.
  7. Talk to local and federal politicians and candidates. Write, email or call them. Attend and host candidates' meetings before elections, and bring up the GE free issue.
  8. Ask your workplace and local businesses to support the Society for a G.E. Free B.C., join the Society.
  9. Grow GE free seeds and plants in your garden.
  10. Volunteer with GE Free BC. Get together with people working on fundraising, municipal resolution, ethical businesses, and seed saving.