tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9437268.post3016958549642077555..comments2024-02-03T07:12:06.620-05:00Comments on U.S. Food Policy: A spat among friends over GMO alfalfausfoodpolicyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17098394318544229984noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9437268.post-29883894641373785062011-02-16T09:40:09.600-05:002011-02-16T09:40:09.600-05:00So are you saying that GMO alfalfa cannot be organ...So are you saying that GMO alfalfa cannot be organic under the regulations? Why is that? As long as they don't use pesticides, herbicides, and chemical fertilizer, doesn't it qualify?<br /><br />(I fail to see the big deal with GMO anyway ...)Marknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9437268.post-86977173423590619942011-02-09T20:45:04.950-05:002011-02-09T20:45:04.950-05:00I remember one of grandmother's herbal food su...I remember one of grandmother's herbal food supplements is made from Alfafa. Now I knew how unsafe is to take such medicine. No to GMO.Tinahttp://www.isinorthamerica.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9437268.post-23033591334176412562011-02-01T23:08:11.144-05:002011-02-01T23:08:11.144-05:00Did Whole Foods and Stonyfield "break with th...Did Whole Foods and Stonyfield "break with the organic community"? To say so, I think somebody would have to quote them favoring co-existence over restricting GMO alfalfa. <br /><br />Favoring co-existence over outright deregulation is an entirely reasonable position for a large company that promotes organic food. Isn't Cummins mistaken to equate uttering the word "co-existence" with favoring deregulation of GMO alfalfa?<br /><br />In his <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gary-hirshberg/speaking-with-one-voice-t_b_816447.html?ir=Green" rel="nofollow">rebuttal</a>, Gary Hirschberg of Stonyfield claims, "In the months leading up to this decision, a coalition including leaders of Whole Foods, Organic Valley, myself and others had been working ceaselessly to fight for any and all alternatives to deregulation."<br /><br />Is that claim in dispute? Did Hirschberg and these other companies ever speak badly of any alternatives to deregulation? If so, let's see the quotes.<br /><br />The clever thing about advocating co-existence over deregulation is that it positions farmers as the victims of deregulation. Anybody who follows this argument can sympathize with an organic farmer whose fields risk being contaminated by GMOs.usfoodpolicyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17098394318544229984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9437268.post-59150385613261161572011-02-01T20:49:02.555-05:002011-02-01T20:49:02.555-05:00But we can't have a winning coalition if a sma...But we can't have a winning coalition if a small group of organic leaders breaks from the rest of the organic community to try to broker a deal with Vilsack, on a position (co-existence) that is supported by none of the non-profit groups leading this fight against Monsanto (including the Center for Food Safety and the other plaintiffs in the court case). Shouldn't we stand united in this fight against Monsanto? And shouldn't that include the CEO's of these organic companies? In the end, Vilsack gave them nothing and gave us nothing. Might the outcome have been different if the CEO's had stood united with the rest of us? I'm interested to hear your take on this.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11733946644603154474noreply@blogger.com