Scary Seeds [shaina]

Genetically Modified Organisms - It seems like these new seeds have been mostly ignored. After watching an eye-opening documentary on them I've realized how dangerous the times we live in are, in a very intimate way. Our very food is corrupted on a cellular level. Junk food isn't limited to aisles of sugary temptations anymore, one item at a time, one new chemical on the fields at a time, one new genetically altered food staple at a time.

Food which grows from these compromised seeds are steadily stocking our grocery shelves. For an "unknown" reason we are not being made aware of the potential hazards that these new foods are presenting to our health and to the economy of the nation. Heck the packages aren't even labeled. Monsanto, the leader of GMO patents, claims that they have no responsibility to test and prove the health of their foods for human consumption, the government is responsible for this. So is the claim.

However, the government doesn't seem to be catching up on this either. Depending on the food experiment with GMO's people have had adverse physical reactions AFTER products hit the shelves. With no long term testing, what will happen with these mutated seeds over the course of introducing them into our environments? Perhaps this explains our recent tragic loss of honeybees?

What is the purpose of a GMO? From what I gather there are 2 reasons. Money and well money. The history is basic, farmers were enjoying the freedom that chemicals were offering their fields. However, after dealing with the bugs there was still another problem with production: weeds are a profit buster too, so instead of digging up their weeds with their own bare hands, luckily there was a company who could help. Monsanto helped the farmer by supplying him with incredible sprays, but they were too powerful for plants to survive, but this was no longer a problem, with the help of E. Coli and Salmonella, Monsanto could break down the cell wall and introduce Round Up (a popular and powerful herbicide) resilient genes to the interior of the cell walls of the broken down seed. Thus a "Round Up Ready" seed-- the height of creation!

Now there were less bugs on crops, but more birth defects, cancer, and gas masks, but let's not go there.

Sure it sounds like a conspiracy theory, yet how is it that some cereals have more sugar than ice cream? Who is responsible for educating Americans about eating healthy? Parents? Kraft? The State? Food Network? Doctors? What if I told you that YOU are responsible for your food choices and that those choices are going to have an incredible effect on your life, and the lives of your loved ones? It gets a bit scary. It gets scarier if you realize that the food "friends" are really food foes and that all that education has deep pockets behind it.

The main four: corn, soybeans, wheat, and cotton are mostly GMO crops.

Europe will not allow GMO food to be sold without it being clearly labeled. Mexico rejects GMO corn into it's own farms for fear of losing the many heirloom varieties that are an essential part of their culture. And we have them freely with no limits.

So I've remembered why I love organic food so much. Now if only I could get organic faith. . .