[Tamar1973]

If there's really no danger, no issue w/ them, they shouldn't be fighting against having them labeled as such. What is monsanto and all these other pro-GMO food producers afraid of? They're afraid that if we actually knew how much GMO was in our food, we would boycot them.

Just because Monstanto is an Amercian business doesn't mean I am going to be their cheerleader. If they are making a bad product and using nefarious strong arm tactics against innocent farmers, producers and customers to force a monopoly on our food and seed supply, I want to be their worst nightmare.

[Jumper]

As a kid that grew up around farms, did farm labor and attended a rural Farming oriented High School, I am in support of GMFs. Dekalb was a leader for years, their GMF was literally cross breeding different seeds, year after year to get a variety with higher yields, stronger against weeds, insects, needing less water or fertilizer.

As for trees with grafted branches, or hogs that are breed with one sal know for quick growing and a bore that produces less fat in off spring. All these GMFs have one thing in common, finding the fittest and best qualities in each and then trying to improve with a better offspring.

Maybe the GMFs that people are afraid are the ones that have tiny drops of liquids or cells grafted into the hosts?

Again, the US Manufacturers have been investing for over 25-years and the rest of the world for about 10-12 years - it is a business and each country tries to protect their own industry.

As for labeling GMFs, is there anything in the world that doesn't qualify - carrots, potatoes, corn, beans, Rice especially, animals and the milks and cheeses - they are all byproducts of selective breeding.

Again to sum it all up, farming is a science. Whether rotating crops, selection of a grain or feed for animals, plant food, weeding, tilling, watering, and especially knowing how to manage the books of the business are all part of the modificaiton of foods.