Jeffrey Smith, author of the book Seeds of Deception, has released a 2 minute public service video announcement detailing the alarming problem of pollination pollution by Genetically Modified (GM) crops.
Folks, this is a serious problem and the only way to stop it is with heavy consumer pressure.
Just the other day, I was talking on the phone with my friend Kelly (the Kitchen Kop) and I mentioned to her that I see the very sad day not so far in the future where entire groups of food will have to be avoided because of worldwide contamination by GM strains.
For example, Monsanto has recently announced plans to begin field testing genetically modified wheat within one to two years – can you imagine a world where all the wheat has eventually been contaminated by GM strains and eating wheat basically means eating a GM food?
Please watch this video and consider how you can help stop the madness. Buying local and organic is one of the best ways to help, as a growing base of consumers who snub GM foods by circumventing GM food distribution channels speaks volumes. It hits companies like Monsanto where it hurts – on the balance sheet!
Could this a contributing factor why so many people are suffering from seasonal allergies than ever before?
Sarah, The Healthy Home Economist
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Corporate-owned agriculture will never save the world. Big Pharma holds a monoply on health and look at whats happened there. Big Food creates amny of the junkfood items sitting on grocery shelves and look at how hard it is to find real food.
But I’m not sure I can give up my wheat or corn even if they do become contaminated.
I agree that this is a horrible problem. Like Jennifer, in the previous comment, I do believe the natural will win out in the end, even if it is only because GM crops self destruct and there are those who have save good seed (which we can all do.). However, how long that will take I have no idea. And even though GM crops are grown to “supposedly” feed more people, in the end they could cause famine. They all have a gene in them that, I am told, will cause this “self destruction” under the right conditions. In which case, if activated, could destroy food supplies for millions of people. The answer is most certainly to stop in NOW and plant REAL FOOD.
I still believe that nature will prevail, over a short or long time. It is know that GM strains have their weaknesses, nature will find them. Any as with any thing that is not honored as food, it will fall way. I just pray for nature and its forces to have mercy on the human race.
Hi Sarah,
Will these GMO’s eventually cause famines in the U.S. and around the world?
It is hard to know what will happen. There are already ominous signs such as cows becoming sterile or delivering aborted calves after eating GMO feed. GM crops are touted as the only way to feed the world, but the opposite may well prove to be true.
It was a huge mistake to allow GMOs to become patented property. Its not just plants – GMO salmon has been approved. This is all going to get worse before it gets better.
Ciao,
Pavil
Pavil, you are so right on about the salmon. Frankenfish is yet another problem complicating the mix. And, I do agree with you .. our society has yet to hit bottom on this issue. We have a ways down to go yet. Not good. Those of us who “get it” will just have to protect ourselves as best we can and wake up those who want to “get it” too until the idiocy of this whole thing becomes apparent to the majority and some sanity is introduced into the process.
This really worries me. I am afraid one day all our food will be contaminated. I guess I will have to hope there are enough of us to say no, we won’t buy those products. The only thing that matters to them is profit, not safety or health risks.
Hi Linda, the only crops that will be contaminated are the ones that have GM strains. It is frightening though. We may have to completely stop eating any corn, etc etc and anything else they start growing GM. The majority of corn in this country is already GM. One day even the organic may be contaminated in the not too distant future as the pollination pollution is happening at a rapid rate once these GM crops get grown out in the open and their pollen gets into the wind.
Yes, pollination is the huge risk. That’s why seed companies, and even private individuals are attempting to conserve strains by storing seeds away carefully to preserve them. It’s sad, it’s like a Noah’s ark of seeds – trying to keep them afloat until the day when (hopefully) the GMO rain has stopped and they can be safely brought out again and renewed. Unfortunately, seeds don’t last forever… so we have a certain time frame when we must stand up to Monsanto and the current legislation and put an end to this. Even the farmers don’t like it. The hope is…I see more and more people being aware of these issues, and with the newly created bastard child of the FDA – the FSA – being even more aggressive with seizing farmer’s goods and infringing on consumers’ and farmers’ rights, I hope these issues can come to a crisis soon and be resolved in our favor, with public bearing pressure. In the meantime, let’s support our conscientious farmers as much as we can by buying their foods and speaking up for them when their products are seized.