GMO Foods Are Taking Over

[Guest guest]

The issue of GMO food is important to our health and the health of our

children and grandchildren. We must voice our opinion or else GMO foods

will soon be all that is available -- we are very close to that right now.

Monsanto is another example of Big Chemical/Big Corp trying to ruin our food

AND our health while lining their pockets. While I understand this is about

GMO sugar and most of us try to avoid sugar, let's not take a " it doesn't

concern me " attitude. It concerns all of us. The indifference that

Americans consistently exhibit continues to encourage giants like Monsanto

to accomplish their agenda and thus adulterate our food supply. Our " voice "

will be recognized by other companies who are using/promoting GMO

ingredients or foods, hopefully causing them to think twice.

Not sure about why you should be concerned about GMO foods?

Watch this video by : http://tinyurl.com/ya6t42c

American Crystal Says Yes to GMO, Say No to American Crystal

A federal judge has ruled that the government illegally approved genetically

engineered sugar beets without adequately considering the chance that they

will contaminate other beet crops. Judge S. White emphasized that

" the potential elimination of a farmer's choice to grow non-genetically

engineered crops, or a consumer's choice to eat non-genetically engineered

food, and an action that potentially eliminates or reduces the availability

of a particular plant, has a significant effect on the human environment. "

Despite the ruling, American Crystal Sugar, the nation's largest sugar beet

processor, is still pro-GE. American Crystal President Berg told the

New York Times he thought customer acceptance of GE sugar was " a big

nonevent. "

A big nonevent? Maybe if most consumers don't know what's happening.

Products containing GE sugar aren't labeled (neither are all the foods with

ingredients made from GE corn, soy, cotton and canola, and milk produced

with the use of genetically engineered bovine growth hormone, rBGH).

Research for the Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology found that even

though an estimated three-quarters of processed food on grocery store

shelves contains genetically engineered ingredients, only 24 percent of

survey respondents believed they had eaten such food.

Tell American Crystal that you will avoid GE sugar by buying certified

organic food (GE is banned from organic) and boycotting all non-organic

brands that don't assure consumers that their sugar is GMO-free. Learn more

and take action here: www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_7031.cfm

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Be Well

Dr.L