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by Marion Nestle
Aug
16
2023
USDA’s latest chart on GMOs
I’ve been tracking what’s happening with GMO plantings for a long time, ever since writing Safe Food: The Politics of Food Safety.
The USDA has published charts of GMO plantings for a long time, but this is the first one I’ve seen that incorporates sugar beets and alfalfa. Take a look. It’s titled, “More than half of harvested U.S. cropland uses seed varieties with at least one genetically modified trait.”
Why is this of interest? It’s an indicator of corporate consolidation and control of the food supply.
Organic, anyone?