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GMO Labeling Triggers Heated Debate in Colorado

Discussion in 'General Chat Forum' started by KTdid, Sep 30, 2014.

  1. KTdid

    KTdid Well-Known Member

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    With the Nov. 4 ballot measure, Colorado is at the forefront of a fierce food fight raging across the nation: whether or not to label foods made with genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, so consumers can easily see if the food they buy is a product of genetic engineering.

    Monsanto and their Big Food allies have dumped in over $8.15 MILLION this month to defeat GMO labeling in Colorado. And of that, almost $5 million came from Monsanto alone.


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    Monsanto and their allies know that 2014 will be a watershed year for GMO labeling initiatives – if we win in Colorado and Oregon, it will set off a tidal wave of labeling initiatives in 2016 and beyond. And that scares the big agrochemical companies that profit from selling pesticide-drenched GMO foods.

    What is a GMO?
    Genetically modified foods are derived from organisms whose DNA has been modified in a way that does not occur naturally, according to the World Health Organization. Most genetically modified crops have been developed to resist plant diseases or better tolerate herbicides. The most important GMO crops are corn, soy, cotton and canola. According to the FDA, most processed foods include some of these ingredients, like cornstarch in soups and sauces and corn syrup as a general purpose sweetener. Sugar is also included, because the sugar Americans consume either comes from cane or genetically engineered sugar beets.

    http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_26624983/gmo-labeling-measure-colorado-triggers-heated-debate
     
  2. sharse

    sharse TeamDonzi rocks!!

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    I'm all about organic and local food. I love eating my farm fresh produce from Willowsford and knowing there are no GMOs to be found. There are probably so many GMO ingredients out there, I wonder if they could ever really all be labeled. I make my own bread and it would be nice to know if my flour is free from GMOs. I would imagine that wouldn't be too hard. But for manufacturers of, say, Raisin Bran. Can they really say for sure if their raisins, their bran, their sugar... etc etc are or are not GMO? I'm thinking that this responsibility really goes down to the level of the farmer, as I'm thinking out loud here. The farmer that supplies Kelloggs the grapes to make the raisins needs to certify they're not GMO. But then he needs his seed supplier to certify that the seeds aren't GMO, too? I guess I'm trying to understand how big of an elephant this really is, and where it starts.
     
  3. KTdid

    KTdid Well-Known Member

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    It's really no different than the label for a organic cereal except each ingredient says 'organic' (not always, but most of the time)!

    By the way, King Arthur sells all kinds of flour, including organic. There is nothing better than home baked bread. Nowadays, you can' buy a loaf of bread with less than 30 incredients, bromated flour, and loaded with sugar.
     

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