If you buy organic food or are at all concerned about our food supply, this is an important issue and we need to let the USDA know we are paying attention and want them to protect GMO free farmers and us as consumers.
Tell USDA to Protect GMO-Free Producers
Submit Comments on Proposed Coexistence with GMOs
Deadline midnight Tuesday - March 4, 2014
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| Farmers who don't want to grow GMO crops must establish wide buffer zones to protect their crops.  Submit Comments by Mar. 4, 2014 |
It's a fact: farmers' crops have been contaminated with genetically engineered crops, also known as GMOs. And as long as the U.S. allows GMOs to be planted, this will continue and likely increase.
Farmers who don't want to grow GMO crops face significant burdens. To protect their crops, farmers must establish wide buffer zones, losing the use of significant amounts of land. They spend time and extra money to find non-GMO seeds. And if they are contaminated despite their efforts, they lose sales in organic and non-GMO markets.
Who is responsible for GMO contamination?
The advisory committee recommended that farmers buy crop insurance to cover the costs of unwanted GMO contamination. How is this fair? Organic and other non-GMO producers would have to spend even more money to protect themselves, while the companies that profit from GMOs would continue to escape their responsibility for GMO contamination prevention and compensation.
Submit comments to USDA by midnight Tuesday, March 4 (11:59 p.m. Eastern)
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