Because ofย a tick-borne disease I contracted last year, I am no longer able to eat beef, pork, or dairy products without getting an allergic reaction. The past few months have been spent searching for alternatives, which often means selecting vegan options that tend to be inferior in taste and nutrients. That is in addition to an overwhelming number of those products carrying the annoying little butterfly logo of the Non-GMO Project.
That logo is virtually inescapable when you have genuine dietary limitations and need to seek out niche foods
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There is a real need for niche products that donโt give in to the Non-GMO Project label. Iโm sure that many companies (General Mills, for example) are looking for ways to play both sides of the fence in an increasingly competitive food market. The likes of Dr. Oz and Food Babe and Zen Honeycutt have sown the seeds of doubt about todayโs farmers into the publicโs psyche.
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[W]hen an organization such as the Non-GMO Project sets out to vilify farmers by saying that bioengineered crops โpose a serious threat to farmer sovereignty and to the national food security of any country where they are grownโ or falsely that farmers who use these kinds of crops are beholden to โthe worldโs largest chemical companies,โ simply watching the world pass us by is, morally, an option we donโt have.Read full, original article:ย When you canโt avoid the Non-GMO Project label















