In the Dark about GE Food? Just Label It!

Without labels on genetically engineered food, you have no way of knowing what you're eating for dinner. You have the right to know what's in your food. Tell the FDA to label genetically engineered food. Just Label It! http://www.justlabelit.org/takeaction

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[mavilla221]

back to the basics people....

[hanslol]

Genetic modification itself isn't a bad thing - it's the companies. There is just a HUGE misunderstanding of GM in the way it works.

[IndubitablyWatson]

Agreed!!

[kingdavidb]

Awesome vid and so true!

[AdrianaValenti]

@Clairvoyant23 Umm, Genetically modified means to GENETICALLY alter the genes of the plant in a lab.

And organic farming also means that the farmer will try as best they can to keep their plants from cross-pollinating with their neighbors' GM fields. Organic stuff isn't necessarily GMO-free, but they try and it's the best indication out there that something is GMO free.

[myndy86]

@Clairvoyant23 UN report Organic Agriculture and Food Security in Africa states "Organic farming can lead to increased food production – in many cases a doubling of yields has been seen""the average crop yield increase was even higher for these projects: 116 per cent increase for all African projects and 128 per cent increase for the projects in East Africa"

unctad.org/en/docs/ditcted2007­15_en.pdf

Is this a lie too?

[myndy86]

@Clairvoyant23 GE is not the same as selective, cross breeding, etc. USDA(and just about everyone else's) definition of GE is "under guidelines issued by USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, genetic engineering is defined as the genetic modification of organisms by recombinant DNA techniques (7CFR340: 340.1)." "Recombinant DNA techniques (DNA formed by combining segments of DNA from different organisms)" ers.usda.gov/briefing/biotechn­ology/glossary.htm

[Clairvoyant23]

@myndy86 That is simply a lie, and you don't even know what GM means. We have "genetically modified" food ever since we started to farm it by picking the plants with the most fruit and using those seeds. Also Organic farming is not the opposite of GM farming. The crops used in organic farming often times have been "Modified" to provide more products, all organic means is that they did not use pesticides.

[myndy86]

@Clairvoyant23 "Organic farming can yield up to three times as much food as conventional farming on the same amount of land.""in developed countries, yields were almost equal on organic and conventional farms. In developing countries, food production could double or triple using organic methods"" sciencedaily"dot"com/releases/­2007/07/070711134523.htm

[myndy86]

@Clairvoyant23 UN report International Assessment of Agricultural Science Technology Development by 400 scientists concluded GM crops, etc. have very little potential to alleviate hunger or poverty and can potentially INCREASE hunger and poverty in poor countries where most hunger and poverty occur. Several UN reports and peer reviewed studies suggest organic farming can DECREASE hunger and poverty in poor countries.