Sunday, October 3, 2010

The Future of Food

I watched the video The Future of Food today. Our food crops have been manipulated, altered, and taken over, by big corporations like (mainly) Monsanto, and our own government. From losing the diversity of our crops to literally mutating the genetics of the natural seeds, it has gone from bad to worse. As of now, food companies are not required to label genetically modified and engineered foods as such. We have no way of knowing if we are eating them or not, or the potential harmful effects they could have on our health. If that isn't scary enough, in the future there is such possibilities of "Suicide Technology", a Terminator Gene, which causes the crops to die after one year, or a process that causes the crops to not germinate unless the proprietary "spray" has been used. From what I learned from watching this video, the best way to stop this nonsense is a counter revolution for organics. Support organic farming. Support Community Supported Agriculture, farmer's markets, organic co-ops. The choices we make at the supermarkets influence the future of our food.

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