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to Label Genetically Engineered Foods. The focus
here is primarily on Canadian efforts to label
genetically engineered foods. For news about genetically
engineered foods in the United States, Europe and
other parts of the world, visit
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Contact
Prime Minister Martin and ask him to place
a moratorium on the introduction of genetically
modified wheat in Canada. Ninety percent of Canadian
farmers don't want modified wheat.
Now you can sign online petition, join coalition!
The Campaign has launched the Save
Organic Wheat Coalition and web site, in response to the threat
that Monsanto's proposed Roundup Ready genetically
engineered wheat poses to the organic food industry.
Now you can sign an online petition calling for
a moratorium on genetically engineered wheat,
and join the Save Organic Wheat coalition for
free! Please sign the petition and join today,
and tell your friends as well! Univ. of Manitoba study warns:
CBC reports on a University of Manitoba study that
warns against planting GM wheat because it poses
an "unacceptable risk" to the environment.
Read the story
A survey of 1,500 Canadians by University of
Calgary researchers reveals that Canadians have
little appetite for genetically altered food,
according to an article in the Western
Producer.
"While much of the processed foods on our
grocery store shelves contain GM ingredients,
Canadians are hardly enthusiastic about them
and a substantial minority — about four
in 10 — are definitely uncomfortable about
it," said Edna Einsiedel, professor of communications
studies at the U of C.
Read the article
Citizens in the European Union, Japan, Australia and many other countries have
the right to know if their foods have been genetically engineered. Shouldn't
we have that same right in Canada? According to a poll conducted for the Toronto
Star, an astounding 98 percent of Canadians think so. Another survey, commissioned
by the Canadian Health Food Association, found that 95 percent of Canadians
believe they should have the right to choose whether they will purchase genetically
engineered foods or not.
From Frankenfish that grow four
times faster than normal to animals designed
to act as pharmaceutical producers, biotech
engineers are tinkering with the fundamental
building blocks of life.
Learn more
 Monsanto,
the world's dominant biotech company, wants us
to believe that genetically engineered foods are
safe for the environment and necessary to fight
world hunger. But can we trust them? They have,
after all, manufacturered such controversial products
as Agent Orange, PCBs, DDT and dioxins over the
years. Recently, the popular CBS news program,
Sixty Minutes even questioned Monsanto's corporate
ethics.
Learn more in the
Monsanto Files
 Watch
the 26-minute video
"Heartbreak in the Heartland" featuring
farmers Percy Schmeiser & Rodney Nelson online.
You can purchase the video at our
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Analysts use many different phrases to describe genetically engineered foods.
The biotech industry rarely uses the phrase "genetically engineered foods," sticking
with the more bland (and less controversial) phrase "biotech foods."
In Europe, genetically engineered foods are
more commonly referred to as genetically modified
foods, genetically altered foods or GMOs (short
for genetically modified organisms). But scientists
generally agree that "genetically engineered" more
accurately represents the process than "genetically
modified."
Supporters of biotech foods often try to argue
that we have been genetically modifying our foods
for centuries, through a process known as hybridization,
or interbreeding. But that process is far different
than the recombinant DNA splicing used in modern
agriculture biotechnology.
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The
many crazy ways they are changing our food
-- and Mother Nature