According to a recent paper by South Dakota State University researchers, grasslands in the “Western corn belt” is being converted to grow corn and soy at a rate "comparable to deforestation rates in Brazil, Malaysia, and Indonesia”
This trend may have a significant impact on global climate change, and subsequently, our ability to secure our food supply long-term. According to another research paper, converting sections of Midwestern corn fields into pasture for cows could reduce greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture by as much as 36 percent
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently released a report titled: "Climate Change and Agriculture in the United States." According to the report, our current agricultural system, which is dominated by corn and soy, is unsustainable in the long term. Should temperatures rise as predicted, the US could expect to see significant declines in yields by the middle of this century
The Rising Food Movement Continues the Fight for ‘Right to Know’ GMO Labeling
March 05, 2013 (WATCH VIDEO at BELOW WEBLINK - Sorry, won't let us embed it)
Historically, food has not featured heavily in politics unless or until there was a major food safety issue. That is now changing, with the fight for labeling of genetically engineered foods leading the way as people are becoming aware that there’s something wholly unnatural in the food that we’re not being told about
More evidence suggests that the US federal government is not protecting our food supply and are allowing it to be used for a giant science experiment—The USDA released a final report absolving the biotech industry of contamination of non-genetically engineered (GE) seeds with their products from other fields, concluding that organic and other non-GE farmers should simply buy insurance to protect against GMO contamination
After the failure to pass Prop. 37 in California, the field-of-play now moves to Washington State, where the people's initiative 522, “The People's Right to Know Genetically Engineered Food Act,” will require food sold in retail outlets to be labeled if it contains genetically engineered ingredients
Vermont has also created a Right to Know GMO Campaign
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