Learn More

There are many places to learn more about seed freedom.  Here are a few to start:

• Vandana Shiva's SeedFreedom.in website
• World Health Organization's concerns about genetic engineering

Films

• What is Genetically Modified Food? YouTube
• YouTube about 2012 French Criigen study of GMOs  and related website (partly in French)
• information suppression: YouTube about Monsanto's power over news media
• Feature-length films: Food Inc, King Corn, The World According to Monsanto
• Vandana Shiva on Traditional Knowledge, Biodiversity and Sustainable Living  YouTube

As a Consumer

• Non-GMO Shopping Tips, from Institute for Responsible Technology 
• Red-and-Green Game, from GMO-free Portland 
• Top 10 Genetically Engineered Foods, from HealthyChild.org 

As a Gardener

• Seed Freedom LA's "How to make your garden GMO-free" handout (pdf)
• Seed-saving classes are offered each month by the Seed Library of Los Angeles (SLOLA) in the Venice neighborhood of Los Angeles
• Seed School, offered by Native Seed/SEARCH at various locations around the U.S.
• Books
• Manifesto on the Future of Food and Seeds, edited by Vandana Shiva
• Suzanne Ashworth's Seed to Seed
• Bill McDorman's Basic Seed Saving

Where to find GMO-free seeds

1. seed vendors who have taken the Safe Seed Pledge -- these vendors will proudly display the pledge within the pages of their catalog or website
2. Council for Responsible Genetics resource list
3. Some of our favorite vendors include ... Bountiful Gardens, Baker's Creek, 
4. "borrow" seeds from the Seed Library of Los Angeles (SLOLA) at any of their meetings 
5. the members of Seed Savers Exchange, an international seed savers club
6. open-pollinated seeds that have been saved for several plant-generations by friends, family, neighbors -- these can often be accessed at local seed swaps