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Some vegans are anti-GMO, like some Ohioans are. But "Vegan" has no relation to "GMO"

• ptaipale 12y ago
  Just a feeling, but I think there is quite some correlation between veganism and being anti-GMO, although there are certainly also vegans who are expressly pro-GMO. Would there be any research on the subject?
  • schoen 12y ago
    It looks like people are studying it quite a bit, but the nutrition and diet literature is less open-access than the math and CS literature. I searched on Google Scholar for "vegan attitudes GMO" and found several articles, often in the journal Appetite, that seemed relevant but were behind a paywall. The first result is "Attitudes towards genetically modified and organic foods", by Saher, Lindeman, and Hursti. I also did a Google web search for the same terms and found, among other things, several articles by pro-GMO vegans complaining that it was common for other vegans to be anti-GMO (based on their personal experience, not studies). The former felt that widespread vegan opposition to GMOs was unfortunate because it would make it less appealing for people to go vegan (for example because the range of available foods would appear more restricted), or because it could make vegans appear indifferent or hostile to scientific progress, among other concerns.