Public interest groups and independent scientists have supports sustainable farming and ensures the nutritional
documented the problems caused by GMOs, reporting, for quality of food, free of synthetic chemicals.
instance, that GMOs have increased the use of herbicides, We can support local farmers by buying more
thereby increasing soil and water pollution. fresh food from them. We also can grow food our-
Research has shown that GMO insecticidal corn harms selves. Even keeping a pot of herbs or salad greens
monarch butterflies and other beneficial insects. Weeds near a sunny window is a delicious reminder that
growing near GMO farms have become ‘superweeds,’ which our food comes from nature, not corporate farm
don’t die when sprayed with weed killers. GMOs have factories.
spread their unnatural DNA into forests and grasslands and Growing and sharing food builds community
contaminated the crops grown by organic farmers. Today, relationships and reconnects us to the land. All
even conventional seeds are laden with GMOs, so that farm- that is needed to create an economy of abun-
ers who want to plant conventional crops are unintention- dance are many small acts of generosity. It’s
ally growing GMOs. GMO contamination also has caused what nature does for us, every day.
serious legal problems for farmers and had an impact on U.S.
farm exports. Claire Hope Cummings is a lawyer, journalist, and
The persistent problems of hunger and poverty in coun- expert on agriculture and genetic engineering. She
tries around the world are caused by political and economic has farmed in California and Vietnam, was an attor-
inequalities. It will take political action, not a techno-fix, to ney with the U.S. Department of Agriculture for four
remedy these problems. Farmers need support, but not in the years, and is the author of the primary source for this
form of patented products like GMOs. article, Uncertain Peril: Genetic Engineering and the
International studies show that farmers want easy-to-use Future of Seeds (Beacon Press, 2008.)
tools, locally bred and adapted seed, clean water and healthy
soil. The technology that is needed would produce healthy
rECoMMENDED rESourCES:
food while protecting the environment and providing a means
for farmers to support themselves and their communities. Organic Consumers Association –
Fortunately, that technology already exists. It’s called organic
OrganicConsumers.org
farming.
The good news is that consumers can avoid GMOs by
Center for Food Safety –
choosing organic foods. By law, certified organic products
are not allowed to contain GMOs. Making this choice also
CenterForFoodSafety.org
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