technology: genetically modified seeds

Welcome. This is a page created to inform and explore genetically modified seeds, with the Fortune 500 company Monsanto receiving special attention. Please leave this page thinking about the food you eat, where it comes from, how it came to be, the politics associated with it, and the people who profited from it...

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Federal Government and Monsanto and the people who have been employed by both

Below are videos from YouTube.com that further help to understand genetically modified seeds and the impact of Monsanto's seeds.

Monsanto helps us to understand their fair business practices...

Farmer response: "However, if you won. What would you have won? It costs you..."

"What are going to be the impacts?..."

"Today 150,000 farmers in India have committed suicide in areas where seed has been destroyed..."

Something to worry about?

How YOU can get involved...

First and foremost, Monsanto is the world leader in GM seeds, so avoid buying GM foods! Since the industry has so far successfully squelched every attempt at getting genetically engineered foods labeled, avoiding them requires you to be an educated consumer.

• Print out the Non-GMO Shopping Guide and refer to it often. It can help you identify and avoid foods with GMOs. You can also download the free iPhone application that is available in the iTunes store. You can find it by searching for ShopNoGMO in the applications.

• Better yet, always buy USDA 100% Organic products when possible, as these do not permit GM ingredients, or buy whole fresh produce and meat from local farmers. The majority of the GMO's you're exposed to are via processed foods, so by cooking from scratch with whole foods, you can be sure you're not inadvertently consuming something laced with GM ingredients.

• When you do purchase processed food, avoid products containing anything related to corn or soy that are not 100 percent organic, as any foods containing these two non-organic ingredients are virtually guaranteed to contain genetically engineered ingredients, as well as toxic herbicide residues.

• For ongoing updates, follow our Non-GMO's page on Facebook.

We CAN shift the balance by simply voting with our pocketbooks and forks. Europe successfully did this over a decade ago, without any government assistance, and Americans can drive GMO's out of our food supply as well, but it requires educating the public about what GM foods are.

***Taken from foodconsumer.org

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