BY ANDY HOBBS
However, the anti-GMO crowd has been referred to by some media outlets, such as Slate.com, as being the “climate skeptics of the left.”
An Olympia group called The Center for Environmental Modernism is embracing another side of the food movement. Group co-founder Max DeJarnatt said technology is a solution - not a problem - for the food industry. He said anti-GMO activists spread fear and ignore the science behind genetically engineered food.
DeJarnatt believes biotechnology makes the planet more sustainable in a time when there are fewer farmers. He said Olympia is ripe for leading the local and national conversation with a progressive agenda that leads to more practical food policies.
“Everyone’s idea of genetic engineering is a syringe in a banana,” DeJarnatt said. “I want to live in a generation that isn’t confused about available technologies. I want to help shift the paradigm.”
DeJarnatt and group co-founder Marco Rosarie Conrad-Rossi have organized an event with an “anti-anti-GMO” point of view. Portland-based food blogger Marc Brazeau will present “Moving the Food Movement Forward: How Good Science, Smart Policies and Community Organizing Can Change the American Food System.” The discussion runs 6-8 p.m. Sunday (June 29) at Traditions Café, 300 Fifth Avenue Southwest, Olympia.
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