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Healthy Home Economist / Archives / Activism / “Fresh” GM Produce – Coming Soon to a Supermarket Near You

“Fresh” GM Produce – Coming Soon to a Supermarket Near You

by Sarah Pope / Affiliate Links ✔

ears of cornWhile most processed foods now contain genetically modified ingredients, GM produce has been considered off limits in recent years following the miserable failure of GM tomatoes and other vegetables in the 1990’s.

With consumers now “used” to genetically modified foods and seemingly rather complacent about the situation, Big Ag is testing the waters with “fresh” GM produce once again.

As early as this Fall, genetically modified sweet corn courtesy of Monsanto is expected to be available at a supermarket produce aisle near you.

It makes perfect sense for Monsanto to start it’s foray into GM produce with sweet corn given its death grip on the corn market – 60% within its control at last calculation.

Bill Freese, a science policy analyst with the Center for Food Safety, speculates that exposure to unprocessed GM foods may be even more dangerous than processed GM products.

“There’s a concern with these GE crops that we eat with minimal processing [like sweet corn]…we’re exposed to a lot more of whatever is in it versus a processed corn product,” warns Freese.  

It is possible then for “fresh” GM produce to be paradoxically more dangerous than processed GM foods!

This is especially worrisome since the pervasive Bt toxin used in GM corn has been found in maternal and fetal blood samples and  Mothers to Be are particularly motivated to eat fresh rather than processed foods.  While the effects of the Bt toxin aren’t yet known, it certainly can’t be positive given that it disrupts the digestive process of insects eventually killing them.

Monsanto knows exactly what it is doing.  Sweet corn is normally sold by the ear in big bins and does not lend itself well to branding with the Monsanto GM label.

Since retailers will have the choice whether or not to label the GM corn, this “blend in and don’t make waves” approach works to Monsanto’s advantage.

In other words, you can be sure that there won’t be any corn bins at the supermarket with the label “Monsanto GM corn” as this would be a huge negative for the campaign given Monsanto’s poor reputation with the public.

As Marcia Ishii-Eiteman, senior scientist at the Pesticide Action Network North American explains, “We [consumers] won’t know which corn is which.”

No doubt, this is exactly what Monsanto wants.  Fast and easy consumer acceptance through ignorance.  Stealth marketing at its finest.

Sarah, TheHealthyHomeEconomist.com

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Source: Monsanto Plans to Sell Sweet Corn In Your Local Supermarket

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Sarah Pope

Sarah Pope MGA has been a Health and Nutrition Educator since 2002. She is a summa cum laude graduate in Economics from Furman University and holds a Master’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania.

She is the author of three books: the bestseller Get Your Fats Straight, Traditional Remedies for Modern Families, and Living Green in an Artificial World.

Her four eBooks Good Diet…Bad Diet, Real Food Fermentation, Ketonomics, and Ancestrally Inspired Dairy-Free Recipes are available for complimentary download via Healthy Home Plus.

Her mission is dedicated to helping families effectively incorporate the principles of ancestral diets within the modern household. She is a sought after lecturer around the world for conferences, summits, and podcasts.

Sarah was awarded Activist of the Year in 2010 at the International Wise Traditions Conference, subsequently serving on the Board of Directors of the nutrition nonprofit the Weston A. Price Foundation for seven years.

Her work has been covered by numerous independent and major media including USA Today, ABC, and NBC among many others.

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Comments (85)

  1. Dave Nelsons

    Sep 30, 2013 at 8:41 am

    I am really happy to glance at this blog posts which consists of tons of useful data, thanks for providing these statistics.

    Reply
  2. fanny

    May 3, 2012 at 1:08 am

    How do you know so much about the produce auctions do you go there and buy? You seem to know alot about other small farmers in the area, every one buys at the local produce auction but you. Why do you keep putting down the other farmers in the area? You act like you are the only farmer in this area that grows any thing.

    Reply
    • fanny

      May 3, 2012 at 1:09 am

      This comment was meant for Marion Yoder.

  3. Dan

    Dec 2, 2011 at 3:25 pm

    If there was real truth in advertising we would be calling this Franken-grain!

    Reply
  4. Amanda

    Sep 4, 2011 at 9:41 pm

    I’m surprised about the sweet corn. There isn’t a giant market for it but, perhaps you’re right, with their corn expertise, it was a matter of time.

    Reply
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