GMOs
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Glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup, has been shown to persist in food and cannot be completely removed by washing, peeling or processing produce or grains. |
Risky, poorly tested genetically modified crops have found their way into the food chain despite strong resistance from consumers. Growing problems like weed and insect resistance are making work harder for farmers regardless of the promises GM companies made.
In Europe, unlike the US, labels show consumers where GM ingredients have been used. This does not apply to meat, milk or eggs come from animals fed GM, so many consumers are unwittingly supporting not just the biotech industry, but also industrial GM soy plantations in Latin America.
GM salmon to the food chain. Food & Water Europe believes this is a test case for other GM animals, like the Enviropig that is supposed to help make factory farming less polluting. We won’t let that happen without a fight.We know nobody needs these products and nobody wants them, but we know how they got where they are today: we call it GM Diplomacy — big business using its money to influence policy overseas and at home, too.
A 2011 UN study showed why we don’t need GM to feed the world: small-scale, largely organic farms with a high biodiversity can double crop yields in 3-10 years, and unlike chemical dependent “conventional” farming, the study showed this kind of approach boosted production by 80% in 57 developing countries, cost less, reduced pollution and improved depleted soil.
There is a better way, and Food & Water Europe is working to put the GM genie back in the bottle.