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Kilkenny - Event Notice Thursday January 01 1970 Green Ireland Conference, Kilkenny Castle, 16-18 June 2006
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Wednesday June 07, 2006 13:22 by Michael O'Callaghan - GM-free Ireland Network mail at gmfreeireland dot org +353 (0)404 43885

Branding for food, farming and eco-tourism
http://www.gmfreeireland.org/conference/
With Vandana Shiva, Percy Schmeiser, Deborah Koons Garcia, Benedikt Haerlin and other speakers.
Ireland's world famous clean green image provides a competitive advantage for our farming, food and tourism industries. We may quickly lose this through pollution and genetically modified (GM) animal feed, seeds and crops.
The Green Ireland conference provides a historic opportunity for politicians, stakeholders and key international experts to explore our democratic participation, legal rights and responsibilities for the future of food and farming and our brand recognition in a globalising world. Themes:
Forging a GM policy for Ireland
The global, European and local context on patented and genetically modified crops:
Keynote speeches, stakeholder perspectives, panel discussions, and action planning workshops.
Integrity and diversity of ecosystems, agricultural traditions, and foods
Ecosystem integrity, agricultural biodiversity, farming practice, gastronomic traditions - and the health risks of GM crops, animal feed, and food: Expert presentations and panel discussion.
Green branding, natural heritage and eco-tourism
International best practice, green branding, and Ireland the food island: Expert presentations and panel discussion.
Who decides? Democratic rights, responsibilities and public participation;
the Aarhus Convention (on access to Information, public participation in decision-making, and acdess to justice in environmental matters) and the proposed Strategic Infrastructure Bill (to limit public participation in the planning process for controversial projects):
Expert presentations and panel discussion.
The future of Irish food and farming: time to choose
Panel discussion.
Who should attend:
Policy makers in the Irish and Northern Irish governments, local authorities, and the farming, food & tourism industries Farmers Food producers Food exporters Food retailers Landowners National Park administrators Tourism industry professionals Hoteliers Restaurateurs and chefs Environmental NGOs Health professionals Educators Media people Consumers
Speakers:
Vandana Shiva, winner of the Right Livelihood Award;
Director, Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology;
author, Biopiracy - the plunder of nature and knowledge. (India)
Percy Schmeiser, farmer who was contaminated by GMO crops;
member of the International Forum for the Future of Food and Agriculture. (Canada)
Deborah Koons Garcia, Director of the film The Future of Food. (USA)
Benedikt Haerlin, Convener of the annual European Conference on GMO-free Regions.
Director, Foundation on Future Farming. Co-ordinator, Save Our Seeds. (Germany)
Michel Dupont, Confιdιration Paysanne (France) Eddie Punch, Irish Cattle and Sheepfarmers Association (ICSA) Kate Carmody, Irish Organic Farmers and Growers Association (IOFGA) John Brennan, Leitrim Organic Farmers Cooperative Dr. Stanley Ewen, Grampian University Hospitals Trust (UK) Clare Oxborrow, Friends of the Earth Europe Jack O'Sullivan, Environmental Management Services Frank Corcoran, European Environmental Bureau Michael Ewing, Centre for Sustainability, Sligo Institute of Technology Michael O'Callaghan, GM-free Ireland (conference chair) + others to be announced.
Registration:
450 institutions 200 individuals 100 concession. You can also register for individual sessions. Tel (0404) 43 885
For details on how to register, please download draft programme from
http://www.gmfreeireland.org/conference/GreenIrelandDra...t.pdf.
Sponsorship:
International media coverage will boost any organisation seeking recognition as an Irish leader. For enquiries call +353 (0)404 43885.
The conference is co-hosted by the GM-free Ireland Network & An Taisce / the National Trust for Ireland.
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Jump To Comment: 1THIS WEEK THE ANTI GM GROUP GM FREE IRELAND WAS INVOLVED IN A SPONSORSHIP SCANDAL.
This week GM Free Ireland was caught misrepresenting Bord Bia's (the publicly funded agency for the promotion of Irish food) involvement in their up and coming conference for which they are offering sponsorship deals for up to 25,000 Euro!
GM Free Ireland and Michael O'Callaghan (media spokesperson for GM Free Ireland and Director of the company (Global Vision Consulting Ltd) arranging the forthcoming conference) were claiming Bord Bia was an official sponsor of their event. They had posted this claim on their website and potential sponsors were led to believe that Bord Bia were backing the conference (and presumably its goals!!!).
This claim was exposed as a lie this week. One might assume the false claim was presumably concocted in an attempt to lure more sponsporship cash from the unsuspecting Irish public as Bord Bia is highly respected and is the official food promotional agency in Ireland. It is funded by the Irish tax payer.
When exposed GM Free Ireland and Michael O'Callaghan quietly and with out explanation removed the bogus claim from their website without an apology!! So much for good business ethics or reliable information.....
The email below is from Bord Bia officials and is what led to their exposure......
Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2006 11:52:30 +0100
From: "Muiris Kennedy" Muiris.Kennedy@BordBia.IE
To: "Shane Morris"
CC: "Byrne, Marian" Marian.Byrne@agriculture.gov.ie
Dear Mr Morris,
Bord Bia is not a sponsor of the conference and following clarification with the organisers the reference has now been removed from the Website.
I have agreed to make a presentation about Ireland The Food Island and the marketing of Irish Food at one of the workshops on Saturday afternoon and will be one of a number of international speakers at the event.
Thank you for advising us about the reference and am pleased to have had the opportunity to clarify the situation.
Yours sincerely.
Muiris Kennedy
Director Marketing Services.
see
http://gmoireland.blogspot.com/2006/06/sponsorship-scan....html