There are so many things to be concerned about in what  people eat today. .

Just go to any supermarket and especially places like Costco, and watch people hauling loaded carts of highly processed foods to their vehicles.     This picture is daunting when you realize the cost to their families' health, of the "addiction" to sugars, high fructose corn syrup, monosodium glutamate (excito-toxicity), as well as the pesticide/herbicide load.  It is hard not to get a little discouraged.

And that is before you consider the infiltration of  genetically modified foods into the food system, GMO food sold without even the courtesy of labeling these modified foods.  Labeling is key so people can decide whether or not they want to be part of the experiment that will eventually determine whether these foods are safe to eat.  It is estimated that 80% of the processed foods in the stores today contain GMO ingredients.    Also consider the food produced from animals that are fed GMO feed.   Only if the food product is labeled certified organic or non-GMO, can you have any degree of confidence that the food does not contain GMOs. 

So many people who come to our farm don't even know what GMOs are or why they might want to avoid them.   I think they  have the right to be informed and to know what they are buying, and what is, and is not, known about GMO food safety.  I think it comes down to good manners, courtesy and caring more about people and ethics than about stockholder profits.   

We are told that GMO foods are needed to increase crop yields and nutritional characteristics to feed the hungry in the third world, and who would argue with feeding the hungry?  Have GMO crops to date realized these goals?  

Organic farmers and those who save precious heritage seed stocks, developed over thousands of years, are concerned about contamination of seed stocks by pollination with drifiting pollen from GM crops, not to mention concerns about the laws that let the GM seed company sue farmers whose crops are contaminated, not the other way round.

Rather than me trying to explain what genetic modification  is, and the potential risks and documented study results, I have included the following links to what I believe to be reputable sources of scientific or medical information and responsible policy guidance.:

The American Academy of Environmental Medicine Position Paper