List of Genetically Modified Foods

Earlier in June I posted this: Genetically Modified Foods and Your Health. Since then, I have been trying to reason through how to tell if the produce that I buy at the Farmers Market that is not grown by my CSA farmer is genetically modified. I thought that I noodled my way through it and ran it by my friend Luke, who quickly schooled me about my poor assumptions. Luke is an incredible person and organic farmer who designs fantastic edible landscapes for people’s homes. If you want a Luke design, please let me know and I will put you in touch with him!

Now that my hypothesis was shot down and my only option seemed to be to purchase directly from a known organic farmer, I was frustrated. I was conversing with some super knowledgeable friends and we were listing off what we knew to be genetically modified produce…Luke was involved in this conversation. Then it occurred to me that I should find a really good list of food to avoid. Here is the link to that list: http://www.safe-food.org/-consumer/shop.html.

My family doesn’t eat any of the genetically modified foods listed until recently when we started eating corn for the first time in a year. The corn was wonderfully wormy and from the Farmers Market, but no guarantees that it wasn’t genetically modified. Before we quit eating corn and corn products like corn chips and tortillas, we ate lots of them. They were all labeled organic, but I am not certain if even those foods did not contain genetically modified traits due to cross pollination or some other fluke.

Overall, I feel like we are at minimal risk for ingesting genetically modified food.

Colson has wanted some popcorn for our once a week movie, so I am off to by some heirloom popcorn. Ryan, my husband, can find only one seller in the entire country. Go figure.

Comments

[Hanlie]

It's getting increasingly difficult to avoid GE foods. We do the best we can by eating only whole foods, keeping animal produce to the bare minimum and avoiding corn and soy. But where will it end?