The Next Big Food Controversy

We’re moving past the organics debate and on to genetically modified food. Yes, I know it’s sorta old news–many plants such as soybean, corn, and wheat have had their DNA altered through genetic engineering. Love it or hate it, it is growing out of control and, like everything else these days, it’s getting very political. This morning comes news that a major web-based campaign led by religious investors has been launched against 60 leading companies, including McDonald’s, Campbell Soup, Kellogg, Kraft Foods, Sara Lee, PepsiCo, Wendy’s, and Hershey’s, to shun sugar from genetically modified sugar beets. The forces behind the movement, The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, is a coalition of nearly 300 faith-based institutional investors, representing over $100 billion in invested capital. I just started reading Seeds of Deception and I hope you will too. And guess what? The FDA is not required to label food that contains GMOs. Watch your back; no one else is. And now for something completely different.