After years of bureaucratic wrangling, a recent USDA environmental review may finally approve Monsanto’s GMO alfalfa. If approved, GMO alfalfa will fundamentally undermine the entire organic industry overnight. In addition, the USDA says Americans consumers don’t care about the contamination of organics. ACT TODAY: comments are due by close of business Wednesday, March 3rd.
Because I’m feeling so very strong about this I’m reblogging again
Not all of us follow the political side of things. Is there something explaining why I should be outraged by this?
What, you mean regarding the food itself? This is a good start that addresses both sides. Google will also feed you lots of good reading on genetically modified food. And I wouldn’t be surprised if your girlfriend knows something about it… you might ask her. What I know is that the ONLY human feeding study done with GM noms so far indicated that eating them may be different for our insides than eating the things they used to be… and I don’t like that idea.
This brings up a study my microbiologist friend told me about. Apparently they fed rats nothing but McDonald’s food for some time, and it permanently altered their intestinal flora. That’s a scary thought.
