GENETIC ENGINEERING
Genetic engineering (also called transgenic or genetically modified) refers to a process that takes genetic material from an organism and artificially inserts it into an entirely separate organism. This could never occur in nature.
For example, genes from fish have been inserted into strawberries. Genes from bacteria have been inserted into corn, soy beans, and cotton.
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The Genetic Engineering (GE) Committee works to educate consumers and businesses about the perils of genetically engineered food, trees and fish.
More information about genetic engineering and the Sierra Club’s perspective on genetic engineering is available on the National Sierra Club's Genetic Engineering website: |
Within the Mother Lode Chapter, we have activists in three Counties:
Rita de Quercus in Nevada County ritadequercus@yahoo.com
Olga Mandrussow in Sacramento County Olga.Mandrussow@mlc.sierraclub.org; 916.457-4783
Pam Nieberg in Yolo County pam.nieberg@mlc.sierraclub.org
We encourage you to contact the activist in the County nearest you, or – better yet – consider starting a GE Committee in your own Group!
Links to organizations that we work closely with:
Californians for GE-Free Agriculture http://www.calgefree.org/
Center for Food Safety http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/
Genetic Engineering Policy Alliance http://www.gepolicyalliance.org/
ACTIONS YOU CAN TAKE:
Have a house party and show Debra Koon Garcia’s The Future of Food. We will loan you a DVD or videotape. Please contact: Olga Mandrussow
Join the Sierra Club Biotech Forum listserv on GE issues.
Borrow a book, video, DVD or CD-ROM on genetic engineering. We’ll loan you a copy from our lending library for up to three months. Please contact Olga Mandrussow.
If you’d like a small packet of information about GE to peruse at your leisure, we will mail it to you. Please contact Olga Mandrussow
For your next tabling event, or for distribution to friends, neighbors and colleagues, we will happily supply you with flyers or brochures.4 Please contact Olga Mandrussow.