Genetically Modified Foods

Various terms are used for genetically modified foods, which include: GM foods, biotech foods, GMO (foods derived from genetically modified organisms), GE (genetic engineering). Typically, genetically modified foods are transgenic plant products: soybean, corn, canola, rice, and cotton seed oil. These may have been engineered for faster growth, resistance to pathogens, production of extra nutrients, or any other beneficial purpose. See Wikipedia Genetically modified food.

The Trouble with GMO

• Doctors and farmers find that eliminating GMOs prevents disease. Posted 8/29/2012. They are finding the elimination of immune disorders, arthritis, diarrhea, irritable bowel syndrome, allergies, skin problems, general pain, migraines, and restless leg syndrome, among other problems. According to one doctor, the results happen pretty quickly too. Dr. Lindner is getting her patients off the most common genetically modified foods including soy, corn, canola oil, and sugar and recommending that they buy organic to avoid even more of them. Full results, she tells us, normally take four to six weeks.
• Scientist: insect resistance shows unsustainability of GM corn. Posted 12/27/2011. A recent report from the US Environmental Protection Agency showing that insects are becoming resistant to Monsanto’s genetically modified Bt corn demonstrates that GM corn is not sustainable. The EPA report confirmed that corn rootworms are becoming resistant to Monsanto’s GM corn in four states: Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, and Nebraska.

Non-GMO Seeds

• The non-GMO Sourcebook. A buyer's guide to suppliers of non-GMO and organic seeds, grains, ingredients, feed and foods.
• Gene-blocking non-GMO corn varieties available for 2012 planting.
• non-GMO Corn Farmers Discover More Yield, Profits and Promote Sustainability with New Seed Brand from Spectrum Seed Solutions.
• Information about Heirloom / Open Pollinated Non GMO Corn.

Useful links

• One of the Most Chilling Interviews in Common Sense Show History with Roger Landry. Posted 4/19/2014. This interview was about the convergence and interaction effects of Vaccines, GMO’s and Geo-Engineering and their big impact on our health and cognitive abilities. All being done simultaneously, all being done legally and all sponsored or mandated in some fashion by this government !! The implications for the American public are staggering.
• (YouTube) 5 GMO Myths Busted. 8/19/2013.
• GMO Eggplant Found to be Unsafe for Human Consumption, Environment. Posted 6/21/2013. Reference: Genetically-modified Eggplant Found to be Unsafe for Human Consumption, Environment.
• Even the NY Times is now rejecting Monsanto GMO science. Posted 4/9/2013. In the nearly 20 years of applied use of G.E. in agriculture there have been two notable ‘successes,’ along with a few less notable ones. These are crops resistant to Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide (Monsanto develops both the seeds and the herbicide to which they’re resistant) and crops that contain their own insecticide. The first have already failed, as so-called superweeds have developed resistance to Roundup, and the second are showing signs of failing, as insects are able to develop resistance to the inserted Bt toxin — originally a bacterial toxin — faster than new crop variations can be generated.
• US farmers flood fields with dangerous poison to fight Monsanto superweeds. Posted 2/25/2013. Tom Philpot, writing in Mother Jones (Feb.6), reports the alarming stats on the superweed takeover of US farmland. As of 2012, almost 50% of US farms had superweeds. In 2011, it was 34%. In Georgia, it’s now 92%.
• (YouTube) GMO Ticking Time Bomb - Gary Null - Part 1. Posted 10/4/2012.
• Local Harvest. The best organic food is what's grown closest to you. Use our website to find farmers' markets, family farms, and other sources of sustainably grown food in your area, where you can buy produce, grass-fed meats, and many other goodies. Want to support this great web site? Shop in our catalog for things you can't find locally!
• The Ark Institute. "Your #1 source for 100% Non-GMO, Non-Hybrid seeds, and all of your gardening, sustainability and self-reliance needs."
• Ohio farmers resist GMOs because non-GMO seeds work better. Posted 3/24/2011. Ohio farmers are more reluctant to plant genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in their fields than their counterparts in other Midwestern states, planting nearly 30 percent of their fields with non-modified corn. In contrast, less than 20 percent of corn acreage in Indiana, Illinois and Iowa is planted with non-transgenic seed.
• Non-GMO Project.
• Genetic Roulette Movie.
• Shocking findings in new GMO study: Rats fed lifetime of GM corn grow horrifying tumors, 70% of females die early. Posted 9/19/2012.