prop 37 in Cali

[dredge]

and you can't just google it, like the one company that I corresponded with explained to me, sense the FDA won't define what a GMO is here in the states they don't know or won't tell.

look at these so called health food companies that are against it because they use GMO's

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Kashi, Silk, Gardenburger, Naked.... these co's are poisoning us under the guise of being health conscience

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Originally Posted by dredge [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

and you can't just google it, like the one company that I corresponded with explained to me, sense the FDA won't define what a GMO is here in the states they don't know or won't tell.

look at these so called health food companies that are against it because they use GMO's

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Kashi, Silk, Gardenburger, Naked.... these co's are poisoning us under the guise of being health conscience

So why not use this image as a starting point on which companies to boycott and which to support? Seriously, if GMO is a big deal, enough people will hit the companies where it matters: the bottom line. If business sees that it is more profitable to avoid GMO in their products, they will act accordingly.

Here's a free million dollar idea for you. Start a company that comes up with a GMO-free label. Require food producers to prove to you that their food is GMO free before putting that label on their food. If people truly care about GMO, they will seek out this label on foods they buy.

I don't think it takes a genius to figure out that there is a correlation between GMO and rising health issues like cancer and allergies.

Perhaps not to show correlation. But to show causation is a different beast altogether. We live in a horribly complex world, and it would be a difficult task to show what you believe. Make no mistake about it, your hatred of GMO is based on belief, not on fact. There's nothing wrong with that, but you have to understand it and you have to understand that pushing your beliefs upon people makes you no better than the bible thumpers who would love to outlaw premarital sex if they could.

[dredge]

good luck shopping on your own, without labels your pretty much screwed

[Lexical]

I would be willing to compromise and instead of putting things like corn or soy, companies that use GMOs have to put "corn" and "soy." i.e. with quotes around them.

[Black Jesus]

If you can even do the research project, it's not like the companies are going to willingly give up the information.

[Hasbinlulz]

Fucking patriots. Sigh.

[Clark]

Glad I shop at Trader Joes, and follow the SCD Diet. Don't have to worry about getting unhealthy nutrition or food that has been tampered with/chemically changed. I feel bad for the mainstream folks who eat a lot of the crap the corporate markets produce.

[Reiker000]

Originally Posted by dredge [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

It doesn't look like prop 37 will pass in Cali. So confusing, why would anyone not vote to know what's in the food they're eating? Special interests and big corporations have you all so brainwashed it's pathetic. It's like: "I'm voting to keep the mystery meat a mystery, I don't want to know what I'm feeding my children" derp

Seriously, I would like to know how anyone could be against food labeling laws.
This prop was so important because if it passed in Cali in would have effected all of us in the states sooner then later.

Fuck, I'm disappointed in the human race.

I didn't read the thread, but the idea behind the proposition is OK but the proposition itself is fucking stupid. I would have voted no too.

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Why would you have voted no?

That makes absolutely no sense at all.

First of all, there's zero scientific proof that genetically modified food is harmful. I wouldn't want to have to pay based on someone's hunch. Do the scientific research and then come @ me. Also, GM food has largely contributed to fighting hunger and vitamin deficiencies in third world countries.

The biggest problem is that it puts all of the burden on retailers and none on the actual manufacturers. It's a fucking nightmare for retailers, especially small businesses. It doesn't even outline what exactly needs to be labeled, which means you pretty much need to label everything and then nothing really matters. The whole thing is very wishy washy, doesn't affect restaurants, does affect small businesses and large retailers benefit from a new burden on their smaller competition. The whole thing is just horribly written. Pay more $$$ because of the misinformed soccer mom whose afraid of big words? No thanks.

[doraf]

More useless state jobs are created anytime a new law is passed in this state. I'm all for jobs, but we don't need to spend money making sure people are aware of what they should be already and if they aren't, then they most likely don't care anyway. Example: If people didn't care about weighing 300 pounds and looking like fat greasy sloths, then they would stop ordering supersized meals at Mc Donald’s.

My family has a 55 acre organic orchard and ranch in Santa Barbara County. It's a freakin joke, a waste of money and time. Prop 37 was pushed by farmers who can not compete in the industry and never will with their miniature apples and pears. Know why our produce is organic? Because we care about the water it is sitting above more than the fruit on the trees or the grapes on the vines. Anyone who expects to get rich as an organic farmer is an idiot. The farming industry in California is way bigger than your little pea brain can imagine and fucking it over for a stupid label is a horrible idea.