Bee S.A.F.E. - Securing Agriculture and a Food Economy http://www.beesafemonashees.org/ en Front Page http://www.beesafemonashees.org/node/166 <span class="field field-name-title field-formatter-string field-type-string field-label-hidden">Front Page</span> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field-node--body field-formatter-text-default field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden has-single"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item"><p>BeeSAFE is a group of individuals started by Huguette Allen, Jane Emlyn and Carla Vierke to protect rural areas from the health risks and environmental degradation of chemical agriculture. The name <strong>BeeSAFE</strong> reflects our aim for “Securing A Food Economy” that is safe for the bees and for us.</p> <p>In 2013, after a long campaign to educate the public and elected officials about the damages that result from chemical agriculture, Bee SAFE held a vote in rural Lumby and in Cherryville asking whether people wanted to see GM their community be GM crop free. The overwhelming response (97% of Cherryville and 93.5% in rural Lumby) showed how strong the communities wishes were to keep them free of an agriculture that profited while polluting the air, water and soil.</p> <p>In June 2013, after presenting the vote results to the Regional District, a resolution to amend the Official Community Plan was made. Yet today, both our communities are faced with Intensive chemical farming as well as Intensive Cattle Operations (ICOs) that are polluting everything including the headwaters of the Shuswap River.</p> <p>While people drank from its water and from streams feeding it as recently as a few years ago, the pollution that is now reaching it makes people fear contamination from swimming in it. BC’s regulatory system continues to let polluters profit from environmental devastation. Therefore it falls upon us, the concerned citizens, to demand accountability and action.</p> <p>Urgent action is a moral imperative. Join us by demanding immediate protection of water at source and a complete overhaul of BC policies that prioritize profit over the preservation of nature and the protection of our health. Together, we can, we must, compel the authorities to uphold their duty to safeguard water at source and prevent further degradation.</p> <p><strong>Email</strong>:<br /><a href="mailto:DM.ENV@gov.bc.ca">DM.ENV@gov.bc.ca</a>, <a href="mailto:premier@gov.bc.ca">premier@gov.bc.ca</a>, <a href="mailto:harwinder.sandhu.MLA@leg.bc.ca">harwinder.sandhu.MLA@leg.bc.ca</a>, <a href="mailto:ENV.Minister@gov.bc.ca">ENV.Minister@gov.bc.ca</a><br /> </p> <table><tbody><tr><td> <div class="rtecenter"><span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>Resolved: GMO-Free</strong></span></div> <div class="text-align-center rtecenter"><span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>in the N.O.RD</strong></span></div> <div class="rtecenter"> </div> <ul><li> <div class="rtecenter"><a href="resolutionD"><span style="font-size:16px;">Area 'D' Resolution</span></a></div> <div class="rtecenter"> </div> </li> <li> <div class="rtecenter"><a href="resolutionE"><span style="font-size:16px;">Area 'E' Resolution</span></a></div> <div class="rtecenter"> </div> </li> <li> <div class="rtecenter"><a href="sites/default/files/130808_EAAC_AGN-PKG.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color:#008000;font-size:16px;">OCP Ammendment</span></a></div> </li> </ul></td> <td> <p class="text-align-center"><strong>Glyphosate Modified Organisms</strong></p> <p class="text-align-center"> <iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yiU3Ndi6itk" allowfullscreen="" width="210" height="158" frameborder="0"></iframe></p> </td> <td> <p class="text-align-center"><strong>False Advertising "Natural"</strong></p> <p class="text-align-center"> <iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AftZshnP8fs" title="YouTube video player" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" width="210" height="118" frameborder="0"></iframe></p> </td> </tr></tbody></table></div></div> </div> <span class="field field-name-uid field-formatter-author field-type-entity-reference field-label-hidden"><span>rustique</span></span> <span class="field field-name-created field-formatter-timestamp field-type-created field-label-hidden">Sat, 01/07/2023 - 15:25</span> <section class="field field-node--comment-node-page field-formatter-comment-default field-name-comment-node-page field-type-comment field-label-hidden display-mode-threaded comment-bundle-comment-node-page comment-wrapper"> <a name="comments"></a></section> <div style="display: none"><link rel="preload" href="/modules/contrib/better_social_sharing_buttons/assets/dist/sprites/social-icons--square.svg" as="image" type="image/svg+xml" crossorigin="anonymous" /></div> <div class="social-sharing-buttons"> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=http://www.beesafemonashees.org/node/166&amp;title=Front Page" target="_blank" title="Share to Facebook" aria-label="Share to Facebook" class="social-sharing-buttons__button share-facebook" rel="noopener"> <svg width="24px" height="24px" style="border-radius:3px;"> <use href="/modules/contrib/better_social_sharing_buttons/assets/dist/sprites/social-icons--square.svg#facebook" /> </svg> </a> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/sharing/share-offsite/?url=http://www.beesafemonashees.org/node/166" target="_blank" title="Share to Linkedin" aria-label="Share to Linkedin" class="social-sharing-buttons__button share-linkedin" rel="noopener"> <svg width="24px" height="24px" style="border-radius:3px;"> <use href="/modules/contrib/better_social_sharing_buttons/assets/dist/sprites/social-icons--square.svg#linkedin" /> </svg> </a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Front Page&amp;body=http://www.beesafemonashees.org/node/166" title="Share to Email" aria-label="Share to Email" class="social-sharing-buttons__button share-email" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> <svg width="24px" height="24px" style="border-radius:3px;"> <use href="/modules/contrib/better_social_sharing_buttons/assets/dist/sprites/social-icons--square.svg#email" /> </svg> </a> </div> Sat, 07 Jan 2023 23:25:01 +0000 rustique 166 at http://www.beesafemonashees.org http://www.beesafemonashees.org/node/166#comments