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Traceability has become commonplace in the food and feed supply chains of most countries, but GMO traceability is more challenging given strict legal thresholds for unwanted mixing. Since 2001, conventional and organic food and feedstuffs can contain up to 0.9% of authorised modified material without carrying a GMO label.
Founder Tami Canal, March Against Monsanto, Salt Lake City, Utah. Tami Monroe Canal, a homemaker and mother of two daughters, was living as a resident in California when Proposition 37, a ballot initiative that would have required labels on products containing genetically engineered food, was rejected by voters in November 2012.
Organic food, ecological food, or biological food are foods and drinks produced by methods complying with the standards of organic farming. Standards vary worldwide, but organic farming features practices that cycle resources, promote ecological balance, and conserve biodiversity .
Better Foods, Bigger Profits Organic food still counts for just 4% of food sales, but that percentage is growing as "big food" (as it's called by its detractors) establishes a presence in the ...
Buying organic food (especially produce) is all the rage these days, and plenty of shoppers won't touch food that doesn't have a USDA Organic label. But some organic food products might actually ...
By: Brierley Wright, M.S., R.D. In my household, we don't buy everything organic, but pesticides can be absorbed into fruits and vegetables, leaving trace residues, and I'd prefer to not eat ...
The relationship between food and society, once moderated by culture, is now confused. To teach more about those choices, Pollan describes various food chains that end in human food: industrial food, organic food, and food we forage ourselves; from the source to a final meal, and in the process writes a critique of the American method of eating.
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