There was lots of hype about the "march agains Monsanto" on facebook. I got invited to marches in San Francisco, San Jose, and Sacramento. I picked the San Jose one because it was the most local one. I got there early enough that I could take pictures of people before things got crazy. Lots of us had made one of a kind signs. Lots of art there!

  

     

     

I think one of those people in beekeeping outfits really is a bee keeper.

     

The back of that "DANGER GE" sign was a couple of fliers. You can read those by clicking on the picture.

     

     

Joyce Eden explained that we would be marching down to Cesar Chavez Plaza and then to city hall for a rally at he end. She also wanted us to know that there are lots of reasons to be opposed to GMO crops. Things like it could be that the current epidemic of "leaky guts" people are dealing with could be connected to the new GMO crops they are eating in mass produced foods.

     

  

Monsanto brought us DDT, Agent Orange, and BGH. Does it make sense to trust them with our food supply?

     

     

About then we started marching. Mostly I remember conversation and the drumming of the corn activists. It wasn't one of those marches where there is lots of loud angry chanting.

     

     

     

  

     

        

The drummers did a good job! By this time we were almost there...

  

  

     

Barry Chang was the only real politician that talked to us. The rest of the speakers were community activists with axes to grind.

Joyce mentioned that we were part of millions of people participating in similar marches all over the planet.

     

Food Not Bombs fed everybody that wanted it eggplant over rice with salad. I enjoyed the food to.