{"id":89164,"date":"2018-03-12T17:19:41","date_gmt":"2018-03-12T21:19:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=89164"},"modified":"2018-03-12T11:34:31","modified_gmt":"2018-03-12T15:34:31","slug":"agricultural-organizations-to-host-food-evolution-screening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=89164","title":{"rendered":"Agricultural Organizations to Host Food Evolution Screening"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-64472\" src=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Farm-Bureau-300x180.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Farm-Bureau-300x180.gif 300w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Farm-Bureau-150x90.gif 150w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Farm-Bureau-400x240.gif 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Agricultural Organizations to Host Food Evolution Screening<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Free screening tackles the controversy surrounding GMOs and our food<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Madison County Farm Bureau and the New York Beef Industry Council in cooperation with the\u00a0U.S. Farmers &amp; Ranchers Alliance will host a free screening of the documentary Food Evolution.\u00a0The film features discussions with farmers, ranchers, agribusiness leaders, activists and the\u00a0entertainment industry about today\u2019s polarized debate marked by fear, distrust and confusion &#8211; the controversy surrounding GMOs and food.<\/p>\n<p>Following the film, a panel of local producers and\u00a0experts, including Cindy Chan Phillips, Director of Nutrition Education at New York Beef Council\u00a0and Scott O\u2019Mara of O\u2019Mara Farms, will discuss <!--more-->society\u2019s perception of GMOs and agriculture\u2019s\u00a0role in sharing the story of biotechnology\u2019s environmental, nutritional and economic impact.<\/p>\n<p>What: Free Food Evolution Screening and Panel Discussion<br \/>\nWhen: Tuesday, March 20 from 6:30 p.m. &#8211; 9:00 p.m.<br \/>\nWhere: Kallet Civic Center, 159 Main St., Oneida<\/p>\n<p>Tickets available through eventbrite.com or contact John Wagner at jwagner@nyfb.org or\u00a0315-761-9770.<\/p>\n<p>Food Evolution, from Academy Award-nominated director Scott Hamilton Kennedy wrestles\u00a0with the emotions and the evidence driving one of the most heated arguments of our time: GMOs. Food Evolution is a fully independent investigation into biotechnology, interviewing\u00a0experts on both sides of the aisle and including all points of view. Commissioned by the\u00a0Institute of Food Technologists, the documentary shows how easily misinformation can\u00a0overwhelm objective analysis. For more information, visit foodevolutionmovie.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Agricultural Organizations to Host Food Evolution Screening Free screening tackles the controversy surrounding GMOs and our food Madison County Farm Bureau and the New York Beef Industry Council in cooperation with the\u00a0U.S. Farmers &amp; Ranchers Alliance will host a free screening of the documentary Food Evolution.\u00a0The film features discussions with farmers, ranchers, agribusiness leaders, activists [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":64472,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23679,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-agfarming","category-top-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=89164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89164\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/64472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=89164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=89164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=89164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}