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Put the information on the package. Let consumers decide, irrational or not, there's a market for nonGMO. If you want to supplant that market with GM foods, do
by herrity4 9y ago
Put the information on the package. Let consumers decide, irrational or not, there's a market for nonGMO. If you want to supplant that market with GM foods, do it through informing consumers not blending in with food they already trust. The labeling games producer's play with our food is really unfortunate.
- dawnerd 9y agoProblem with that is it sounds scary. Some big companies already are and hide the text on the bags, but your average consumer sees it and thinks it’s full of chemicals. Personally, I’d rather eat a gm crop that’s been altered to resist insects than eat an organic crop that’s been sprayed with organic pesticides such as (the now not used) rotenone.
- ajnin 9y agoI don't understand why you're being downvoted. Usually people rave about how the free market is the solution to all problems. You can't have a free market in which you can make rational decisions without adequate information. If one actor can lie or hide facts then it ceases to be a free market.
- r00fus 9y agoDidn't the big companies already fight down a labeling law? Maybe it's in my jurisdiction, but they want to shove their GMO stuff down the public's throat without the public having a say. That's why people distrust GMO - the companies that distribute don't want informed choice going on.