SC - Evolution of food-genetics of food

[CorwynWdwd at aol.com]

In a message dated 3/17/2000 5:15:05 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
rachel at witchwood.prestel.co.uk writes:

> Incidentally I don't eat
>  GM food only organic.

I've held my tongue through this question several times, and with apologies 
to you Lady Rachel, as you only supplied the opening for me to get my 
particular point across, I must ask this question.

Do they label GM food where you are? Because that's the issue as far as I'm 
concerned, that and the damage that GM foods do to the ecosystem, such as the 
decimation of the monarch butterfly population.

My point is, they don't label them here and I can buy lots of "organic" 
products that are as GM as anything on the non-organic market. I'm content to 
let the market decide, as long as I have the ability to make a choice. There 
are at present no labeling laws to distinguish genetically modified and non 
genetically modified foods. And the way the agribusiness interests are 
fighting it, there probably won't be in the near future.

Please forgive my little rant, but I personally think a little forethought 
will go a long way when we tinker with life on a piecemeal basis.

Corwyn