It is important for a full discussion of genetically modified
foods to be had before going any further with these changes in
agriculture that could destroy much of our food supply. Aside
from the health issues, which have been suppressed until
recently, understanding that one corporation controls most of
theses seeds, many of which are "terminator" seeds
programmed not to produce a second generation, helps one to
contemplate what it would mean if eventually all seeds become
the private property of that corporation. There have already
been court decisions that declare that if your GMO seed blow
in the wind and affect my organic crop, I have no complaint
and, in fact, owe you a huge payment for your proprietary
interest.
Those who control our food and our water control the world.
The book "Seeds of Deception" by Jeffrey M. Smith
(foreword by Frances Moore Lappe) gives useful information on
this problem. No, GMOs won't solve the world's hunger
problems, but micro loans to local farmers throughout the
world can definitely help. Keeping agribusiness out of third
world countries welcomed only by their corrupt politicians can
also help.
If you plant, buy organic seeds. If you eat soy (as my husband
and I do), buy organic. Organic tofu is just as cheap as any
other, Bragg's is a high protein organic soy sauce, and olive
oil is the only way we have found to afford cooking oil that
isn't genetically modified. Since the corporations do not have
to tell us that the food is genetically modified, the safest
way is to check labels for "non GMO."
We need to learn all we can about this. As is true for humans,
with seeds diversity is the key to survival.
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