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Hello, Friends! I have just read that! What is your comment? Bless

you! Niki......What is the Future of Your Food?

 

 

 

If you enjoyed the Future of Food video I posted earlier this year,

you'll want to invest an hour watching this in-depth interview

conducted by the Massachusetts School of Law with director Deborah

Koons Garcia about her alarming and enlightening 2004 documentary.

 

Garcia's interest in the science behind food and how it could be

manipulated started very early as a teenager experimenting on

mutating seeds and plants with radiation and chemicals.

 

Back then, there was no problem comparing untainted plants with

mutated ones, Garcia says, as the latter were thicker, bigger and

more deformed.

 

That long-ago experiment Garcia conducted made such a profound

impression, she maintained her keen interest in agriculture -- opting

then for organic foods over conventionally grown ones -- even as she

studied filmmaking at the University of North Carolina.

 

Originally, the film was going to be about pesticides, until it took

a completely different and important direction based on a tip from a

fellow filmmaker and farmer about the blight of genetically modified

(GM) foods, a crisis in the making about which many Americans feel

lukewarm, at best.

 

 

 

 

 

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Dr. Mercola's Comment:

 

 

There is now strong and solid evidence that some genetically

modified (GM) foods have been linked to cancer in rats. The

investigations of people like Deborah Koons Garcia and the

groundbreaking Dr. Arpad Pusztai (who was suspended from his job,

ordered to hand over all his data, and threatened with legal action

if he spoke to anyone on the subject) are slowly but surely being

confirmed and vindicated.

 

If you haven't yet seen the Future of Food, I would strongly

encourage you to do so as it is clearly one of the best documentaries

you will ever see. It will open your eyes to the truth that has been

hidden from you for so long.

 

The GM blight taints some 70 percent of the foods you see at your

corner grocery store, and getting rid of it is going to be a long

fight. Possibly a little help from the U.S. court system will help

Americans gain a little more time to get a little smarter about GM

crops, but ultimately, preserving your health by avoiding these foods

is in your own hands. Here are some steps you can take that will help

you steer clear of them:

 

Reduce or Eliminate Processed Foods. Some 75 percent of processed

foods contain GM ingredients.

 

Read Produce and Food Labels. GM soybeans and corn make up the

largest portion of genetically modified crops. When looking at a

product label, if any ingredients such as corn flour and meal,

dextrin, starch, soy sauce, margarine, and tofu (to name a few) are

listed, there's a good chance it has come from GM corn or soy, unless

it's listed as organic.

 

Buy Organic Produce. Buying organic is currently the best way to

ensure that your food has not been genetically modified. By

definition, food that is certified organic must be free from all GM

organisms.

 

Look at Produce Stickers. Those little stickers on fruit and

vegetables contain different PLU codes depending on whether the fruit

was conventionally grown, organically grown or genetically modified.

The PLU code for conventionally grown fruit consists of four numbers,

organically grown fruit has five numbers prefaced by the number nine,

and GM fruit has five numbers prefaced by the number eight.

On Vital Votes, reader Lora from Orangevale, California says:

 

" This documentary should be mandatory for the entire human

population. I urge you to join the 'Millions Against Monsanto'

campaign. Also, review the Organic Consumers Association website ...

 

" To me, [it] is highly un-democratic for GMO's to be entered into the

food supply without at least labeling. We sure as hell didn't vote

on the approval of this technology.

 

The consumers will speak with a resounding 'NO to GMO' if these foods

are labeled! I no longer purchase certain foods because of GMO

contamination, such as papayas from Hawaii. This is a sad state of

affairs for the entire world; our food supply is at stake here. "

 

Other responses to this article can be viewed at Vital Votes, and you

can add your own thoughts or vote on comments by first registering at

Vital Votes.

 

 

 

 

Related Articles:

 

 

Genetically Modified Food -- Panacea or Poison

 

Do Americans Really Care About GM and Cloned Foods?

 

The False Promise of GM Crops Never Realized

 

 

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