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You can buy all organic or non-GMO certified foods.
by code_duck 9y ago
You can buy all organic or non-GMO certified foods.
- RobLach 9y agoClose, but it’s food producers who buy organic and non-gmo certifications which additionally makes them jump through a couple arbitrary hoops to make it seemingly mean something.
- code_duck 9y agoSo, you are saying that the certifications are not meaningful in that companies and certifiers cheat on the standards, or that the standards are inadequate?
- baumandm 9y agoMy point was that it's easy for the average person to want to avoid GMO foods, but harder for them to give up their Coca-Colas, Oreos, etc.
- AstralStorm 9y agoAnd unlike giving up the unnatural extreme sugar content of the latter, let's spend money to fix a problem that is likely not even real considering pest control practices used in organic farming.
- code_duck 9y agoConsumers who are attached to eating food like Oreos or Coca Cola, the ingredients of which have been demonstrated to be unhealthy in every way possible, are generally not as concerned about avoiding GMOs as consumers of other products. I suppose there is some overlap, but I would think that as a first step people with dietary health concerns would cut out things like white flour and high fructose corn syrup.