"The November 6th Right-to-Know Ballot Initiative
in California (Proposition 37) is the Food Fight of Our Lives. The popular
Initiative, supported by the overwhelming majority of Californians, calls for
mandatory labeling of genetically engineered foods and an end to the unethical
practice, unfortunately common even in the alternative food sector, of
marketing or labeling GMO-tainted food as “natural.” Big Food understands quite
well that once Proposition 37 passes in California it will likely become the
law of the land in all 50 states and Canada. This is why Monsanto’s powerful
ally, the Grocery Manufacturers Association, has characterized Prop 37 as the
“most serious threat” to agricultural biotechnology in history. So far over 621
organizations and businesses - including retail grocery stores, consumer,
farmer, organic, natural health, environmental, farmworker, and labor groups -
have endorsed the California Initiative."
What is a GMO otherwise known as a Genetically Modified Organism?
It is a plant or animal product that has had it's DNA artificially altered by genes from other plants, animals, viruses or bacteria. A classic example is corn that contains the pesticide BT Toxin inside the corn inself. In other words, we're talking about FOOD that has been created in a lab and altered at the molecular level and NOT FOUND ANYWHERE IN NATURE.
Prop 37 would provide Californians and eventually all 50 states with the right to know what we're eating, what we feed our children and a state ballot initiative to label Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO's)
