The 2014 midterm elections are now history. Thank goodness! I am so glad my landline phone is now quiet again and the signs that cluttered up the landscape have been removed…until next time.
What isn’t over is the GMO labeling debate. This, too, gets tiresome to see on my social media.
But, trying to convince you that GMO labeling is unnecessary is not the reason for this post. The need to write is to express my opinion about something I read prior to the elections regarding GMO labeling. A statement I recently read on a Facebook debate made me realize people don’t really understand what it will take to put that label on their box of Corn Flakes.
The comment was something along the lines of, “how expensive could it be to put a label on food”? Now, I don’t claim to know everything about the process of labeling but what I can tell you is the common sense reality of what it takes to get grain from the field to market. I can explain the harvest as I see it and live it. Beyond that, I haven’t a clue. If GMO labeling becomes a reality, the expense it will take to make this happen WILL be passed along to the consumer.
Let me tell you what I see happening in our industry and most of Ag if this happens from the moment it is harvested by the combine through each stop on its way to sale. Everything will have to be cleaned and segregated.
It overwhelms me to think about what would have to happen if the GMO labeling restrictions are put into place. So many unknowns at this point. But it will all be at an expense.
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