GMO free foods

I have been making my calls and utilizing others hard work! I have found some great info on GMO free foods and some good lists so when you grocery shop you can know what is GMO free.


This site gives  great list...enjoy!

Until we get our chickens laying their own eggs these will be our eggs of choice.

Eggs: Non-GMO

Egg Innovations Organic
Eggland's Best Organic
Land O'Lakes Organic
Nest Fresh Organic
Organic Valley
Pete and Jerry's Organic Eggs
Wilcox Farms Organic

Organic, yeah right!

So, I did a little research last week on my driscol ORGANIC raspberries. I called and asked the difference between non organic and organic.

"with organic we use a blower to get bugs off, if there are bugs (depending on the season) that wont come off with the blower we use the 'approved' organic pesticides.

SO, you're telling me that IM STILL EATING PESTICIDES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"When people are buying organic food, they often make the incorrect assumption that there are no pesticides. It's true that organic production often uses fewer dangerous chemicals, but certain pesticides are allowed" Jeff Gillman

Thankfully there is an official list of approved pesticides.

This makes me wonder why I even buy organic.

Here is a great blog article: Organic Pesticides: Not An Oxymoron

Verified

"consumers in North America should have access to clearly-labeled non-GMO food and products, now and in the future."

Whole Foods has joined with the Non-GMO project verified seal. They have started labeling foods that are GMO free. This is a third party who tests and validates the product at GMO free. There are GMO free labels but they have not been tested by a third party which gives them more credibility.

'What does “Non-GMO Project Verified seal” mean?
The verification seal indicates that the product bearing the seal has gone through our verification process. Our verification is an assurance that a product has been produced according to consensus-based best practices for GMO avoidance:

• We require ongoing testing of all at-risk ingredients—any ingredient being grown commercially in GMO form must be tested prior to use in a verified product.
• We use an Action Threshold of 0.9%. This is in alignment with laws in the European Union, where any product containing more than 0.9% GMO must be labeled. Absence of all GMOs is the target for all Non-GMO Project Standard compliant products. Continuous improvement practices toward achieving this goal must be part of the Participant’s quality management systems.
• After the test, we require rigorous traceability and segregation practices to be followed in order to ensure ingredient integrity through to the finished product.
• For low-risk ingredients, we conduct a thorough review of ingredient specification sheets to determine absence of GMO risk.
• Verification is maintained through an annual audit, along with onsite inspections for high-risk product.'

I have started using a app on my phone that gives me a list of the foods that have been NonGMO verified

sticker shock

Take Action, NOW!!

Monsanto could get everything it wants for Christmas, unless we convince legislators this week to strip both the 2013 Agriculture Appropriations Bill (H.R. 5973) and the Farm Bill of dangerous riders that would give the biotech industry unprecedented power and immunity from not only an already-weakened review process, but also from federal law.

Cick below and sign. Please pass along. If Monsanto is immune from laws our food system will get worse, not better. Monsanto already has a huge monopoly and the list of 'okay' process and ingredients is going to sky rocket if they are not held accountable.

http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/50865/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=8644

Great Site to Follow

GMO Awareness

What It Means And The List Of Artificial Ingredients Allowed

"To be certified 'organic' a producer needs to prepare documentation (fill out forms) testifying they obey the guidelines below and pay a fee. There is no 'on the spot' checking of farms to insure compliance.

Organic regulations restrict and in some cases ban additives like preservatives, artificial sweeteners, colorings and flavorings, and monosodium glutamate (MSG). 

95% of the food must obey those guidelines. Not 100%, 95%. And in the 95% there are exemptions provided by the National Organic Program. Why only 95% and why are there exemptions? Because the farmers trying to be organic would be out of business if there were actual purity requirements, so the National Organic Program lists the 5% as 'essential' and have amended those over time so the list is substantial."

Click the link above to see the LOOONG list of approved ingredients allowed in organic food.

Happy Eating.