This is one of the signs we used 2 years ago at a march against Monsanto. Finally got a an initiative on the ballot to label our food. Course you know what happened...big business flooded our little state with advertising for a "NO" vote. Sad little farmers cleaned up and in their white shirts and cowboy hats explained how if this measure passed, they would have to spend soooooooo much money for storage and labels that they would go broke and the prices at the grocery stores would sky rocket and they were just trying to make a living while keeping our costs down. The end result was that almost 70% of the voters bought that crap. So now we are back to the drawing board, but I have a better idea.
This is a bag of chips I bought at Whole Foods, or Vitamin Cottage or Natural Grocers or what ever name you know them by up on 29th.
See. Gluten Free, Natural Foods right there on the front of the package. Boulder Canyon Natural Foods. Cost me 99 cents. But look down here in the corner.
See that little sign in the lower right hand corner? That says "NON GMO Project Verified. These are damn good chips, but the packaging is to die for. They had me on the front of the package, but when I turned it over, it was love at first sight! I don't have to dig out my list and see if this stuff has been violated by the same people who make agent orange. and expect me to eat corn that makes a worm hemmorage and die.
Starting on the top left and reading to the right are all these bits of info that I need to make an informed decision about what I am putting in my mouth. All Natural, Non GMO Project Verified, No Trans Fat, No Cholesterol, No MSG, Certified Gluten Free, Kosher, Vegan, We Use Green Energy. Of course the list of ingredients lists everything inside the bag. What more could we ask for?
Now I realize we can get another ballot initiative on in a year or so, but that would just entail millions of dollars in advertising and there are people who vote the best ads and we know it. So wouldn't it be nice if the products that were NOT Genetically Modified or GMO as we know them would clearly label them as such? There are lists of companies which use GMO's readilly available on the Internet, but those need to be carried with you. It would be so much easier if the companies voluntarily did this. Oh, I am hoping, because I am a lazy girl and this makes my lot in life much easier.
So instead of haranging my congressman who really does not give a shit about what I want, I think I will start putting kind words in the big companies ears. I know the grocery stores are beginning to pay attention to us and are stocking thier shelves with non-GMO products. I shop that way.
Remember, it is your body and your children depend on you to keep them safe, so lets take back our world, but for now I am sleepy so I am off to bed.
Peace and Happiness!
