Tami Monroe Canal

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Founder of MAM and environmental activist Tami Canal at March Against Monsanto in Salt Lake City , Utah

Tami Monroe Canal (* 1982) is an environmental activist and the initiator of the March Against Monsanto (MAM, German : March against Monasant or demonstration against Monsanto), an international political / social initiative that is also known as the grassroots movement . The name of Tami Canal became internationally known through worldwide coverage of MAM.

Life

Tami Monroe Canal is a housewife and mother of two daughters. Before that, she worked as a waitress / bartender for ten years. She was living in California when California Proposition 37, an initiative calling for labels on products containing genetically modified foods, was rejected in November 2012. This approach, especially the successful active lobbying work by Monsanto to bring the initiative down, made Tami Canal thought and outraged.

Soon after, drew Tami Canal after Utah ( Salt Lake City ,), where she had considerable difficulties fresh food without genetically modified organisms (GMOs) to find what they are angry considerably and her eyes opened about GMO technology and marketing.

Social media campaign

Tami Canal started a very successful Facebook social media campaign on February 28, 2013 because she wanted to draw attention to the careless, widespread use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs). On May 21, 2013, the Facebook page had 85,000 members with around 110,000 “ likes ” and around 40,000 daily visitors. She was further supported by the activists Emilie Rensink and Nick Bernabe to make MAM known.

March Against Monsanto

The March Against Monsanto takes place annually worldwide. The first event on May 25, 2013 counted about two million participants who protested in 436 cities in 52 countries around the world.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ SLC March Against Monsanto , Salt Lake City Weekly, May 29, 2013, last accessed May 21, 2017.
  2. ↑ Feature Interview: March Against Monsanto Founder on the Future, “Pro-Organic vs. Anti-Monsanto ”Debate and More , AltHealthWORKS, July 2, 2013, last accessed May 21, 2017.
  3. ^ Prop 37: Californian voters reject GM food labeling , The Guardian , Nov. 7, 2012.
  4. ↑ Stars align in protest against food giant Monsanto over GMO crops , Daily News , May 8, 2013, last accessed May 21, 2017.
  5. ↑ Protests Against Monsanto in 55 Countries , May 21, 2013, last accessed on May 21, 2017. Feature Interview: March Against Monsanto Founder on the Future, “Pro-Organic vs. Anti-Monsanto ”Debate and More , AltHealthWORKS, July 2, 2013, last accessed May 21, 2017.
  6. ↑ Protests Against Monsanto in 55 Countries , May 21, 2013, last accessed May 21, 2017.
  7. ↑ According to SLC March Against Monsanto there should have been 150,000 " likes ". Salt Lake City Weekly, May 29, 2013; last accessed May 21, 2017.
  8. ↑ March Against Monsanto: Once grassroots movement now big business, angry moms target GMOs, vaccines, chemicals , Genetic Literacy Project, last changed: October 19, 2015, last accessed on May 21, 2017. Feature Interview: March Against Monsanto Founder on the Future, “Pro-Organic vs. Anti-Monsanto ”Debate and More , AltHealthWORKS, July 2, 2013, last accessed May 21, 2017.
  9. ↑ Challenging Monsanto: Over two million march the streets of 436 cities, 52 countries , TV-Novosti (RT), May 24, 2013, last accessed on May 21, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Canal, Tami Monroe
ALTERNATIVE NAMES ScrappyTea
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American environmental activist
DATE OF BIRTH 1982