Did you even read what I wrote? I'm educated on the subject of GMO's because I've been a member for over 10 years and it is a subject they promote heavily. However, GMO labeling is not an issue I agree with them on (ie..."I'm generally a fan of what they do, BUT....)
How useful is it for the USDA to label things as organic even if the consumer can't be sure that such claims are true? I personally would rather place my trust in a private organization than the government, but I'm sure you already know that. My point is, even if something isn't independently verifiable by the consumer they can still place their trust into an organization. If it turns out the the Non GMO Project ended up fucking up and labeling something Non-GMO that actually had GMOs or vice versa, they would lose credibility and a new organization could become the "leader" in the field (competition and shit). While these things aren't verifiable at the moment, we are making technological and scientific advances daily. Eventually we are bound to be able to verify such things with accuracy within our own homes, whether it be 10 months, or 10 years who knows?
No, you spelt out the acronym NOFA and provided a link, prior to that post you asked one single question after the first time you told us how being a Member of NOFA for 10 years makes you knowledgeable on the subject of GMO's. What claim? That we can't have natural plants growing within miles of GMO's because they'll contaminate them? We need more regulations on how these GMO's are grown until we not only know what they do to us when consumed, but even more importantly. What effects do these abominations before god have on our soil? I'm done debating with pseudo-intellectuals today.
Le Monde Selon Monsanto The World According to Monsanto There's nothing they are leaving untouched: the mustard, the okra, the bringe oil, the rice, the cauliflower. Once they have established the norm: that seed can be owned as their property, royalties can be collected. We will depend on them for every seed we grow of every crop we grow. If they control seed, they control food, they know it – it's strategic. It's more powerful than bombs. It's more powerful than guns. This is the best way to control the populations of the world. The story starts in the White House, where Monsanto often got its way by exerting disproportionate influence over policymakers via the “revolving doorâ€. One example is Michael Taylor, who worked for Monsanto as an attorney before being appointed as deputy commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1991. While at the FDA, the authority that deals with all US food approvals, Taylor made crucial decisions that led to the approval of GE foods and crops. Then he returned to Monsanto, becoming the company's vice president for public policy. Thanks to these intimate links between Monsanto and government agencies, the US adopted GE foods and crops without proper testing, without consumer labeling and in spite of serious questions hanging over their safety. Not coincidentally, Monsanto supplies 90 percent of the GE seeds used by the US market. Monsanto's long arm stretched so far that, in the early nineties, the US Food and Drugs Agency even ignored warnings of their own scientists, who were cautioning that GE crops could cause negative health effects. Other tactics the company uses to stifle concerns about their products include misleading advertising, bribery and concealing scientific evidence.