Canadian Biotechnology Action Network

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The rush to grow "˜biomass' for fuels and industry will be worth $1/2 trillion "“ but won't feed people, or stop climate change. Friday, November 26, 7:00pm "“ 9:30pm, Montreal Jean Lesage Auditorium, Room B-2285, Jean-Brillant Building, 3200 Jean-Brillant Street, University of Montreal Farm leaders from the Global South describe the reality and propose alternatives. Featuring: Traduction simultanée sera fournie sur place. Please bring ID for translation devices. Free Admission. No registration necessary. Corporations are rushing to grab and convert plant matter "“ called "biomass" - into fuel, chemicals, power, and other profitable commodities. They are using high-risk genetic engineering technologies to accelerate this grab. The result is an emerging global "biomass economy" that threatens to eat up our crops, forests and other plant life. Just as the demand for corn ethanol led to higher food prices and hunger, the massive biomass-grab will have devastating consequences for people and our environment, here and in developing countries. What are corporations using "biomass" for? Join us to find what the "earth grab" will mean and how people in Canada and around the world are fighting for our future. The public forum will kick off the biennial Food Secure Canada Assembly (Sat Nov 27 and Sun Nov 28) in Montreal. Join the weekend Assembly to delve deeper and help build a vision for food sovereignty in Canada. Register now at www.foodsecurecanada.org Presented by Food Secure Canada with: Canadian Biotechnology Action Network, Development and Peace, ETC Group, GRAIN, Greenpeace, Inter Pares, National Farmers Union, Peoples Food Policy Project, The Ram's Horn, Union Paysanne, USC Canada. For more information: Geneviève ggrossenbacher@usc-canada.org or 1-800-565-6872 x 24 or check www.foodsecurecanada.org *This event will be posted online by Dec 13 at http://www.youtube.com/user/USCCanada

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