Meet Up with the Long Island Vegetarian Meetup

Hey, We will be meeting up with the Long Island Vegetarian Meet Up for a program. http://www.meetup.com/longislandvegetarian/ THE WORLD ACCORDING TO MONSANTO on Thursday, July 29 at 7:30 PM with Guest Speaker: Long Island Biodynamic Farmer Steve Storch Members $9 � Includes Reception (Wine, Cheese, Hummus, etc)... If you did not the Cinema Arts Centre has a cafe that is only Vegetarian and the prices are very cheap $6.00 is the most expensive item on the menu and the food is really good. Here is a recent Newsday article about the Cinema and its renovations http://www.exploreli.com/going-out/movies/cinema-arts-sky-room-gets-an-extreme-green-makeover-1.2071147 About the Movie: How much outrage can a single multinational corporation inspire? How much damage can they inflict? The breathtaking new film, The World According to Monsanto, features a company whose only rival may be BP. From Iowa to Paraguay, from England to India, Monsanto is uprooting our food supply and replacing it with their patented genetically engineered creations. And along the way, farmers, communities, and nature become collateral damage. Monsanto�s controversial past combines some of the most toxic products ever sold with misleading reports, pressure tactics, collusion, and attempted corruption. With a 2006 sales figure of $7.5 billion and operations in 46 countries, Monsanto is the world leader in genetically modified organisms (GMOs), as well as one of the most controversial corporations in industrial history. Since its founding in 1901, the company has faced trial after trial due to the toxicity of its products, including polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polystyrene, devastating herbicides like Agent Orange, used during the Vietnam War. Today, Monsanto has reinvented itself as a "life sciences" company converted to the virtues of sustainable development. They now race to genetically engineer (and patent) the world�s food supply, which profoundly threatens our health, environment, and economy. Combining secret documents with first-hand accounts by victims, scientists, and politicians, this powerful film exposes why Monsanto has become the world�s poster child for malignant corporate influence in government and technology. USA, 2008, 108 min.; Dir. Marie-Monique Robin