Say No To GMOs

“God (Nature, in my view) makes all things good; man meddles with them and they become evil. He fores one soil to yield the products of another, one tree to bear another’s fruit. He confuses and confounds time, place, and natural conditions. He mutilates his dog, his horse, and his slave. He destroys and defaces all things; he loves all that is deformed and monstrous; he will have nothing as nature made it, not even himself, who must learn his paces like a saddle-horse, and be shaped to his master’s taste like the trees in his garden.”

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

What is GMO?

A GMO, or genetically modified organism, is a plant, animal, microorganism or other organism whose genetic makeup has been modified using recombinant DNA methods (also called gene splicing), gene modification or transgenic technology. This relatively new science creates unstable combinations of plant, animal, bacterial and viral genes that do not occur in nature or through traditional crossbreeding methods. (Source : Non-GMO Project).

How to avoid to buy GMOs products

• Buy organic food, organic means Non-GMO.

 

• Look for the verified Non-GMO seal on the products.

 

• Remember the most common GMO crops : canola, corn, cotton, papaya, soybean, sugar beet, zucchini/yellow summer squash.

 

• Eat more fruit and veggies. Avoid only corn, papaya, soybean, zucchini and yellow squash unless they are grown organically.

 

• Go grains, beans, nuts and seeds. Avoid only corn and soybean unless they are grown organically.

 

Before you shop, please check verified Non-GMO project products and retailers

http://livingnongmo.org/find/products

http://livingnongmo.org/find/retailers

…and remember that October is Non-GMO Month!