Non-GMO Seed Petition

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I just signed a petition urging the USDA to protect

our nation's seed supply from Genetic modifications.

 

You can help: http://www.care2.com/go/z/11890/1079

 

Consumers who want alternatives to genetically engineered (GE) food have

sought products grown from traditional, non-GE seeds.  Consumers take the

availability of such seeds, and the ability of farmers to grow them, for

granted.

 

The findings of a new report by the Union of Concerned Scientists shatter

this assumption.  Laboratory testing of traditional varieties of corn,

soybean, and canola seeds revealed widespread contamination by DNA from

commercial GE crops.

 

These findings suggest that current federal regulations are inadequate to

protect our seed supply from the next generation of GE crops – those

engineered to produce drugs and industrial chemicals.  Contamination of the

traditional seed supply by these crops could result in farmers unwittingly

planting, harvesting, and selling a crop that looks like its traditional

counterpart to the naked eye.  This product could then be processed and end

up on our tables as drug-laced corn flakes and other consumer items.

 

Sign this petition to protect our nation's seed supply!  Urge the U.S.

Department of Agriculture to amend federal regulations to explicitly protect

the seed supply from contamination by engineered pharmaceutical and

industrial crops.

 

To Add Your Signature: http://www.care2.com/go/z/11890/1079

 

Thank you!