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I do not think this is OT as it is about food grown and sold to us in grocery stores. I have signed this petition to force the FDA to lable genitically altered food.
we are looking for 5000 more signatures over 5 days. Please sgn our petition. We have a right to know how the food we buy is produced. Yet the FDA's current policy does not provide us with the ability to make informed choices about genetically engineered foods because they are not labeled.
It takes less than 30 seconds
http://justlabelit.org/take-action/

The rest of the world is allowed to make intelligent choices about Genetically Engineered foods while we here in the USA, the land of the free, are not. However, if you buy any food that contains or has been fed corn it most likely does contain Genetically Engineered foods.

Thank You Thumbie!

thanks, thumbie

I'm in!
And to add to Kimm's post...
nearly ALL soybean crops are GMOs
Cotton, sugar beets (any sugar other than 100% cane sugar), sweet corn was released this past year for commercial growers-Walmart sold it as fresh corn-on-the-cob
Canola is nearly 100% GMOs

Organic seed companies are having a harder time every year finding seeds that have not been contaminated.

If anyone is interested in reading lots of articles & watching some videos about this, several of us post this type thing over on Natural Yard... www.naturalyard.ca Just check out the Envirnmental forum there & the Farming forum.
You can read there without signing up since it is a public board but we always welcome new members.

I make it a policy to not "sign" any on line petitions, but of course I do agree. Got hit with way too much spam in the past, by doing so.

All of us can also do our part individually by being informed and informing others. Make as many wise choices when shopping for groceries as possible...and go to the trouble of telling store managers why you are purchasing certain items (and not others). Buy directly from as many farmers markets and local suppliers too, as you can better find out about their growing practices.

The v o t e in CA was really pretty darn close, considering the millions invested from the big companies. The fight is not yet over.

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Originally posted by conrad:
I make it a policy to not "sign" any on line petitions, but of course I do agree. Got hit with way too much spam in the past, by doing so.

much as i am for the GMO labeling, the internet has made me too much of a skeptic to sign anything unknown online. this doesn't mean i won't sign.. just means i will be mega careful about doing so while looking for other ways to make my voice heard on this issue.

That's ok if you don't sign, I don't have to know or your reasons why, I just wanted to give anyone the opportunity to do so if they agree.

Should hybridized varieties also require labeling? Other than the methodology involved, we're talking about the same thing.

Chuck, Genetic Engineering is not the same thing as hybridizing. Hybridizing is pollinating a plant for better plants and can happen naturally. Genetic Engineering is introducing genes that would never get into a plant any other way than inserting it into the plants genes. Genetic Engineering involves putting things into plants that would never get there in any other way.

Yes, as Kimm states, very different indeed. It is a common misconception, which the big corps are happy to have the public believe.

Soybeans are nearly ALL GMO. And guess what type of formula is supplied to low income Mom's? Soy. Coincidence that there is such an increase in autistic children? (this increase follows the start and saturation of GMO plants)

I now buy only Grapeseed oil, Olive oil or other nut oils, including organic coconut oil. No more canola or corn oil for me or my family. (There are some organic, but very difficult to find) Even farm animals reject GMO and go for non-gmo grains, unless you starve them.

so, organic canola oil is ok? i have a new bottle that i just opened and would hate to have to toss it out thinking it is GMO.

My research generally states that Organic (corn, canola or soybean oil) should be ok, you can check with the company that manufactures it, to be sure.

We absolutely need to know. The FDA should be more than a mouthpiece for the large agribusiness ventures.

bana, after this last crop, nearly ALL canola (r a p e seed) has been contaminated.
I know farmers in Canada are hollering because they can't find any non-GMO'd seeds to plant next year...or at least contaminated to some degree.
I would have to go back & check the figures but corn is about 70% & soy is 70-80%. I haven't really seen any figures on sugar beets but imagine it is way up there too.

When someone doesn't understand the difference between hybrid & GMO...I try to give an example.
You cross breed a tomato with great taste with one that is big to get a big, great tasting tomato. GMO is like putting a hog/pig gene into a human...who knows what you will get!

Much of the GMO alterations are for either insect or herbicide reasons. They can dump a lot of Roundup on a GMO corn crop and it will not kill off the corn, just the weeds. But the roundup is still present in the corn plant, just not killing it.

Same with the insect resistance, the bug eats the leaves and it's insides explode. (Suddenly many people and animals are having gut issues requiring medication and treatment)

And guess what Mother Nature is doing? The weeds are now mutating to resist the insecticide, so higher amounts of poisons must be used. The bugs are also in line for changing. And it is nearly impossible to control the seed changes in certain areas...they are spreading across from farm ground to farm ground. So even the Organic farmers are having issues with their crops.

All for money for the big seed/herbicide companies and investors. Sad.

And just a little side note...Roundup was developed by Monsanto...also the makers of Agent Orange!
My DH suffers from some of the effects of serving 3 tours in Viet Nam & having contact with Agent Orange! So do a LOT of Nam Vets! Some symptoms showed up right away and some have taken longer to show up!