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{{Infobox person
| name = Jeffrey M. Smith
| image = Jeffrey M. Smith Image.jpg
| caption = Smith delivering speech
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1958}}
| birth_place = [[New York City]], U.S.<ref name="Reuters 2008">{{cite news | url = https://www.reuters.com/article/environment-biotech-crops-activist-dc/u-s-activist-circles-globe-to-fight-biotech-crops-idUSN0750723920080307 | title = U.S. activist circles globe to fight biotech crops| last = Gillam | first = Carey | publisher = Reuters UK | date = March 7, 2008}}</ref>
| education = [[Maharishi University of Management]]▼
| nationality = [[United States|American]]
| occupation = [[Consumer advocate]], [[author]], [[activist]]▼
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▲| occupation = [[Consumer advocate]], [[author]], [[activist]]
| website = {{url|http://www.responsibletechnology.org/}}▼
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'''Jeffrey M. Smith''' (born 1958) is an American [[consumer activism|consumer activist]],<ref name="CBS 1">(April 27, 2012) [http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7406794n New GMO crops proposed, consumers want labeling], ''CBS News'', accessed DecDecember 16, 2012</ref> self-published [[author]], and former [[politician]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=December 23, 2013-12-23|title=Coming to Tampa -– Jeffrey M. Smith, International best-selling author and filmmaker; Executive Director, Institute of Responsible Technology and leading spokesperson on the health dangers of GMOs|url=https://patch.com/florida/southtampa/coming-to-tampa--jeffrey-m-smith-international-bestselling-author-and-filmmaker-executive-director-institute-of-responsible-technology-and-leading-spokesperson-on-the-health-dangers-of-gmos_dc0d2582|access-date=2021-03-05|website=Tampa, FL Patch|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Jeffrey M. Smith Biography|url=https://www.responsibletechnology.org/about/jeffrey-m-smith-biography/|access-date=2021-03-05|website=Institute for Responsible Technology|language=en-US}}</ref> He is the author of two books on genetically engineered foods, ''Seeds of Deception: Exposing Industry and Government Lies about the Safety of the Genetically Engineered Foods You’re Eating'', and ''Genetic Roulette: The Gamble of Our Lives'', which he made into a film in 2012. He has appeared twice on each of the shows -''[[The Dr. Oz Show]]'' and ''[[The Doctors (2016 TV series)|The Doctors]]''.<ref name="new-yorker">{{cite magazine | url = http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/02/04/130204fa_fact_specter| title = The Operator | first = Michael | last = Specter | authorlink = Michael Specter | magazine = [[The New Yorker|New Yorker]] | date = February 4, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=November 8, 2017-11-08|title=Drs. Exclusive: Glyphosate Lawsuit Claims Cancer Link|url=https://www.thedoctorstv.com/episodes/drs-exclusive-glyphosate-lawsuit-claims-cancer-link|access-date=2021-03-05|website=The Doctors|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Debating the Safety of Popular Herbicide|url=https://www.thedoctorstv.com/videos/debating-the-safety-of-popular-herbicide|language=en-US|access-date=2021-03-05|date=May 18, 2015}}</ref> Smith has worked with [[organic food|organic food marketers]] and [[Alternative medicine|alternative health product promoters]]<ref>[http://www.meetup.com/RawChicagoCommunity/events/122292642/ Health Freedom Expo -– See GMO expert Jeffrey Smith], Health Freedom Expo, Chicago, June 7–9, 2013.</ref> to advocate against [[genetically modified food]]. Supporters identify Smith as an influential educator on the alleged risks associated with genetically modified foods, while others point out Smith's lack of formal scientific training.<ref name="new-yorker"/> In 1998, Smith ran unsuccessfully for Congress as a candidate for the [[Natural Law Party (United States)|Natural Law Party]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=Statistics of the Congressional Election – Nov 3, 1998|url=https://history.house.gov/Institution/Election-Statistics/1998election/|url-status=live}}</ref> As of 2021, Smith is the executive director of the ''Institute for Responsible Technology'',<ref>{{Cite web|title=Home|url=https://www.responsibletechnology.org/|access-date=2021-03-05|website=Institute for Responsible Technology|language=en-US}}</ref> and executive director of the global campaign ''Protect Nature Now''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Home|url=http://protectnaturenow.com/|access-date=2021-03-05|website=Protect Nature Now|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>[http://academicsreview.org/reviewed-organizations/institute-for-responsible-technology-ifrt/ Institute for Responsible Technology & YES! Books]</ref>
== Early life ==
Jeffrey Smith grew up in [[Rye Brook, New York|Rey Brook]], [[Westchester County, New York|Westchester CityCounty]].<ref name="Reuters 2008"/><ref>{{Cite webnews|title=Natural Awakenings – Westchester/Putnam/Dutchess July 2018|url=https://issuu.com/wpcdesign/docs/na_july_2018|access-date=2021-03-13|website=Issuu|language=en}}</ref> He has a bachelors degree from [[Binghamton University|SUNY Binghamton]] and an MBA from [[Maharishi University of Management]] in [[Fairfield, Iowa|Fairfield]], [[Iowa]] .<ref>[http://www.mum.edu/pdf_yearbooks/1985-86.pdf Maharish University Purusha students] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811214405/http://www.mum.edu/pdf_yearbooks/1985-86.pdf |date=2011-08-August 11, 2011 }}, MUM 1985-19861985–1986 Yearbook, pg. 40.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Jeffrey Smith: Former flying yogic instructor now 'most trusted source' for anti-GMO advocacy|url=https://geneticliteracyproject.org/glp-facts/jeffrey-m-smith/|access-date=2021-03-13|website=Genetic Literacy Project|language=en-US}}</ref>
==Career==
===Political===
Smith was a Natural Law Party member in 1996. In 1998 he became the party's candidate for [[U.S. Congress]] in Iowa’sIowa's First District to raise awareness about GMOs.<ref name="JC Auditor">{{cite web | last = Slockett | first = Tom | date = November 3, 1998 | url = http://www.johnson-county.com/auditor/returns/9811cand.htm | title = November 3, 1998 General Election | publisher = Johnson County Auditor Commissioner of Elections and Voter Registration | access-date = DecDecember 16, 2012 | archive-date = June 2, 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080602110521/http://www.johnson-county.com/auditor/returns/9811cand.htm | url-status = dead }}</ref> Smith received less than 1% of the vote, losing to Republican [[Jim Leach]].<ref>[http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electioninfo/1998election.pdf Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 3, 1998], House of Representatives, January 3, 1999, page 16</ref> Smith worked for several years as a marketing consultant and nonprofit marketing advisor.<ref name="Reuters 2008"/>
===Consumer activist===
Smith has opposed the use of genetically modified foods since they were introduced in the 1990s.<ref name="Reuters 2008"/><ref>Unknown Author (FebFebruary 25, 2011) Shoppers wary of GM foods find they're everywhere, ''USA Today,'' "Smith, an activist who has fought the expansion of genetically engineered foods since they were first introduced 15 years ago"</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Genetically altered foods a major part of our diets|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/genetically-altered-foods-major-part-our-diets-flna1C9465454|access-date=2021-03-05|website=NBC News|date=February 25, 2011 |language=en}}</ref> As of 2000, Smith was the spokesperson and vice president for the accredited [[genetically modified organism]] (GMO) testing company, Genetic ID.<ref>{{cite news|last=Gersema|first=Emily|title=Farming industry, consumers leery of another biotech scare; 'Big motivator': USDAchanges how corn supplies are sampled|newspaper=Telegraph-Herald (Dubuque)|date=May 20, 2001}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Brasher|first=Phillip|title=U.S. Investigates Use of Unauthorized Biotech Corn in Taco Bell Taco Shells.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)|newspaper=Tribune Business News|date=SepSeptember 19, 2000}}</ref> Smith authored the books ''Seeds of Deception'' in 2003<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Seeds of Deception Author Exposes the Corrupt Science of GMOs|url=http://organicpei.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/acresusa_smith_interview.pdf|journal=ACRES U.S.A (February 2004)}}</ref> and ''Genetic Roulette'' in 2007.<ref>{{Cite journal|title=An Interview with Jeffrey Smith on GM Food Safety|url=https://www.organicconsumers.org/news/interview-jeffrey-smith-gm-food-safety|journal=Spilling the Beans (March 1, 2008)}}</ref> In 2012 Smith directed and produced ''Genetic Roulette'', a documentary film narrated by [[Lisa Oz]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Genetic Roulette|url=http://geneticroulettemovie.com/|publisher=The Institute for Responsible Technology|access-date=Feb 13, 2013}}</ref> and critical of genetically modified food.<ref name="Sacramento Bee">{{cite news|last=Rosenhall|first=Laura|title=Safety of genetically modified foods is debated in California|url=http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2012/10/31/173151/safety-of-genetically-modified.html|access-date=FebFebruary 13, 2013|newspaper=The Sacramento Bee|date=OctOctober 31, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130128010252/http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2012/10/31/173151/safety-of-genetically-modified.html|archive-date=January 28, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> Smith is the founder and current executive director of the Institute for Responsible Technology, which he founded in 2003.<ref>{{cite news|title=Candidate Support Expected to Boost Non-GMO Brands.|newspaper=Health & Medicine Week|date=FebFebruary 4, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=The Future of Food|newspaper=The Irish Times|date=July 3, 2004}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Genetically modified crops resistant to 2,4-D spur debate, calls for labeling|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/genetically-modified-crops-resistant-to-24-d-spur-debate-calls-for-labeling/|access-date=2021-03-05|website=www.cbsnews.com|date=April 28, 2012 |language=en-US}}</ref>
A variety of American organic food companies see Smith "as a champion for their interests",<ref name="Reuters 2008"/> and Smith's supporters describe him as "arguably the world's foremost expert on the topic of genetically modified foods".<ref name="ChicoNews">{{cite news | url = http://www.newsreview.com/chico/interview-with-gmo-expert/content?oid=3702536 | title = An interview with GMO expert Jeffrey M. Smith | publisher = Chico (CA) News Enterprise | date = September 15, 2011}}</ref> In contrast, others such as [[Michael Specter]], writing in ''[[The New Yorker]]'', reported that Smith was presented as a "scientist" on ''[[The Dr. Oz Show]]'' despite his lack of any scientific experience.<ref name="new-yorker"/> Bruce Chassy, a molecular biologist and food scientist, wrote to the show arguing that Smith's "only professional experience prior to taking up his crusade against biotechnology is as a ballroom-dance teacher, yogic flying instructor, and political candidate for the Maharishi cult’s natural-law party."<ref name="new-yorker">{{cite magazine | url = http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/02/04/130204fa_fact_specter| title = The Operator | first = Michael | last = Specter | authorlink = Michael Specter | magazine = [[The New Yorker|New Yorker]] | date = February 4, 2013}}</ref>
==Films==
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* ''Hidden Dangers in Kids’ Meals'' (2008)
*''[[Genetic Roulette: The Gamble of Our Lives]]'' (2012)<ref>Rotten Tomatoes [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/genetic_roulette_the_gamble_of_our_lives/ Genetic Roulette: The Gamble of Our Lives (2012)]</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Home|url=https://geneticroulettemovie.com/|access-date=2021-03-05|website=Genetic Roulette Movie|language=en-US}}</ref>
*''Your Milk on Drugs-Just Say No! (2013)''<ref>{{Cite web|date=2012-09-September 17, 2012|title=Presentations on the risks of GMO|url=https://www.islandssounder.com/life/presentations-on-the-risks-of-gmo/|access-date=2021-03-05|website=Islands' Sounder|language=en-US}}</ref>
*''[[Secret Ingredients (Film)|Secret Ingredients]]'' (2018) <ref>{{Cite web|title=Secret Ingredients Movie|url=https://secretingredientsmovie.com/|access-date=2021-03-05|website=Secret Ingredients Movie|language=en|archive-date=March 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304025929/https://secretingredientsmovie.com/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*''Don't Let the Gene Out of the Bottle'' (2021)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Don't Let The Gene Out of The Bottle|url=http://totalhealthmatters.co.uk/dont-let-the-gene-out-of-the-bottle/|access-date=2021-03-05|website=Total Health Matters|language=en-GB}}</ref>
===Featured===
* ''[[The World According to Monsanto]]'' (2008)<ref>Good Reads [http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18119699-the-world-according-to-monsanto The World According to Monsanto (DVD) by Marie-Monique Robin, Jeffrey M. Smith]</ref>
* ''Seeds of Death: Unveiling the Lies of GMOs'' (2012)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Vince|date=2013-06-June 14, 2013|title=Seeds Of Death – Unveiling the Lies of GMOs (Documentary)|url=https://www.permaculturenews.org/2013/06/14/seeds-of-death-unveiling-the-lies-of-gmos-documentary/|access-date=2021-03-05|website=The Permaculture Research Institute|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>Rotten Tomatoes [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/seeds_of_death_unveiling_the_lies_of_gmos/ Seeds of Death: Unveiling the Lies of GMOs (2012)]</ref>
* ''[[Scientists Under Attack: Genetic Engineering in the Magnetic Field of Money]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://responsibletechnology.org/resources/scientists-under-attack/|title = Scientists Under Attack|access-date=September 19, 2016|archive-date=June 25, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160625105137/http://responsibletechnology.org/resources/scientists-under-attack|url-status=dead}}</ref> (2010)
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