Canada: 14-year-old debates GE with TV personality

Rachel Parent is 14 and believes GE food should be labeled. The young activist has been making public speeches about GE since age 12.. Parent recently challenged Canadian TV personality Kevin O’Leary to a debate about GMOs after he said “Stupid people protest about Monsanto.”

Have me on your show next week, and if you promise not to use the word “stupid,” I won’t use the word “fascist.” He took her up on it on July 31.

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