Environmental for Food Justice

Too costly? Really!? Consumers Union Study GMO FOOD LABELING? RIGHT-TO-KNOW COST IS  $2.43  PER  PERSON A YEAR Devon G. Peña | Seattle, WA | October 4, 2014 According to a new analysis commissioned by Consumers Union (CU) the median cost to consumers of state laws requiring labeling of genetically engineered food is $2.30 per person annually. The report is available online now here .  The CU study – which includes a comprehensive annotated bibliography of studies on the economics of labeling – presents a major scientific rebuke to claims being made by the biotechnology industry. The corporate opponents of GMO labeling, including major chain grocers, have repeatedly misled the public by claiming labeling requirements will significantly increase consumer costs by hundreds and perhaps even thousands of dollars a year.   There is no reliable study proving these claims and the research most often cited by the promoters of GMO foods is produced by the agro-biotech an...

SUPPORT FOR LABELING LAWS CONTINUES TO GROW This chart lists the 35 top national and international public health organizations that endorse the call for labeling of GMO foods. It includes such stalwart organizations the American Nurses Association, the Washington State Nurses Association, the American Public Heath Association, and the World Health Organization. According to the designers of this chart, GMO Free USA : Though the debates continue, experts agree that there is no consensus on the safety of GMOs. Organizations aligned with the agrichemical/ biotech industry often mislead the public with claims of safety when, in fact, the safety of GMOs are fully inconclusive. Agrichemical/biotech proponents say that the WHO (World Health Organization) position is that GMO foods are safe, but the truth is that their most recent report says GMOs have NOT been proven safe. Here are 39 other health related organizations from around the world and their statements, in agreemen...

Centeotl, ‘ maize Lord’, per Codex Borgia CALIFORNIA BIOSAFETY ALLIANCE A social movement to heal cultural memory in the struggle to restore the indigenous tortilla Devon G. Peña | Seattle, WA   | September 20, 2013 I think most of us with a ‘life in corn’ – as farmers, plant breeders, or seed savers – understand that the culture of corn is the key to appreciating why Z. Mays conveys a sacred concept of an obligation to care and nurture seed diversity and thus why for such native ethics genetic alterations of maize for ultimately commercial purposes are unethical and contrary to the cultural, ecological, and juridical orders of the community. Three decades of involvement with indigenous producers of maíz de concho in Colorado’s San Luis Valley led me back to Grandmother Knowledge and so I came to understand that corn embodies a life-giving and ancient relationship between people, plants, and place. Yet, the past thirty years have witnessed the development of a distinct threat i...