By Matt Spaeth on February 8, 2012
The GMO debate continues to grow as the issue received national attention last week in a packed federal courtroom in Manhattan. Farmers filed a a class-action suit against the multinational seed and chemical corporation Monsanto, stating they are no longer able to keep transgenic contamination out of their fields.
With genetically-modified crops representing 90 percent of all soybeans, corn, canola and sugar beets raised in the United States, this is huge issue. If you’re not trying to avoid GM foods, you’re probably eating them every day. One of the most common sources is vegetable oil, of which virtually every restaurant in existence makes wide use of. Virtually all processed food contains GM ingredients. Unlike the European Union, Japan, China, India and Australia, the United States has no labeling requirements for GMOs.
Over the past decade, Monsanto’s aggressive marketing tactics, political lobbying and promises of increased yields has swept the farming world by storm. Farmers who refused to make the switch to Monsanto’s expensive seed and chemicals were seen as outcasts. As the wave of GM crops spread, many independent farmers who did not buy the hype but were found to have patented genes in their fields were ruined by expensive lawsuits brought on by Monsanto’s army of litigious lawyers.
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