Steps for
GMO Eradication
LEVEL I (Eliminate)
1. Learn which foods are GMO (“Genetically Modified Organism”): The current most common genetically modified foods are: corn (includes “sweet corn”), soy (includes lecithin), sugar (from beets), honey (via GMO crops’ pollen), cotton (including cottonseed oil), canola (including canola oil), alfalfa, Hawaiian papaya, tobacco, yellow crookneck and zucchini squash, dairy (tainted with rBGH and from animals fed genetically modified foods), meat (all kinds, from animals fed genetically modified foods), salmon, and aspartame.
HVP (Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein), TVP (Textured Vegetable Protein), xanthan gum, vanillin, dextrose, lactic acid, maltodextrin, and vitamins A, B2, B6, B12, C, D, E, and K are most often GMO.
2. Print out the above list and carry it with you. Don’t buy foods if they’re not labeled “certified organic” or lack the “Non GMO Project Verified” certification.
3. Check food labels for GMO ingredients; if they are not listed as organic, they are likely GMO. Exceptions are products that bear the “Non-GMO Project Verified” label.
4. Buy as little commercially farmed processed food and as much local organic food as possible. Processed foods are more likely to have GMOs as well as hidden GMO ingredients.
5. Avoid commercial restaurants. Restaurants that are not specifically organic (few and far between) often use low-quality ingredients, which are often GMO and non-organic.
LEVEL II (Outreach)
1. Share information about the dangers of GMO foods with everyone you can.
2. Ask grocery stores and restaurants, family and friends, not to deal in GMOs. Talk to your children’s food director/organizer at school. Everywhere you go, let food-related organizations and people know: No GMOs.
3. Call or email food companies that do not specify suspect ingredients as GMO and ask if they are GMO.
4. Encourage anyone you know not to use Roundup; it is part and parcel of GMO food production, a probable carcinogen, and much more toxic than once suspected.
LEVEL III (Community)
1. Organize rallies, protests, donate to and support organic groups, create and circulate petitions, set up information booths, and begin a public outreach to denounce GMOs and support sustainable, regenerative agriculture.
2. Additional actions: pass out GMO warning flyers, write articles, post notes at work, go to protests, read GMO articles and watch GMO videos. Host educational movie nights about GMOs. Plant that organic garden already! And get your family, neighbors, and greater community involved.