tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3828162955244406943.post1814342438768450596..comments2023-09-30T08:55:26.288-04:00Comments on Weighting Around: A Can of WormsEllenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03027340191371148142noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3828162955244406943.post-48451022826087165902010-06-13T10:31:28.866-04:002010-06-13T10:31:28.866-04:00Hi Ellen. You're right about consumer pressure...Hi Ellen. You're right about consumer pressure. In the UK it's entirely down to consumers that GMOs are unacceptable. <br /><br />The government wanted to allow GMO testing - but protesters destroyed the small quantities of crops that were being grown at secret sites.<br /><br />With the entire weight of the media and public opinion against them, GMOs are restricted in my country. And I'm glad about that! <br /><br />It's amazing that Americans care so little about what they are eating. The few bits of GMO that do seep into the UK are from American grown corn. To us it is a scandal that some of this corn ends up in our food - generally it is due to corn from different sources being mixed together ie A MISTAKE. <br /><br />Supermarkets have not been under legal pressure to screen out all GMOs - they have done it to appease the customer. Because people will only buy at shops that don't sell GMO contaminated products. <br /><br />So you CAN get rid of GMOs if you want. <br /><br />Bearfriend xxFriend of the Bearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01338137165061207438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3828162955244406943.post-11510192202330531282010-06-08T18:56:49.407-04:002010-06-08T18:56:49.407-04:00Another good reason to eliminate as much processed...Another good reason to eliminate as much processed food from our diets as possible! Whenever something is processed, something has been done to it that makes it more convenient than the original product. Our taste buds then develop a liking for all that convenience until we don't even like the original product! In our house, we're just returning to nature...literally. If it grows in the ground, we eat it...if it has a label, we really try not to. Great options for eggs and meat are the local farmers market.<br /><br />Great post, Ellen. This information needs to get out!Cherylhttp://losingmybehind.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3828162955244406943.post-73401160931591323612010-06-08T02:04:17.688-04:002010-06-08T02:04:17.688-04:00I think I heard something about this on NPR too, E...I think I heard something about this on NPR too, Ellen. And thanks for that disgusting picture of the literal can of worms. Still, knowledge is important.Linda Pressmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01809808676659629555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3828162955244406943.post-11528524521942855592010-06-06T20:57:55.864-04:002010-06-06T20:57:55.864-04:00Thanks for the post and education. If I had my dru...Thanks for the post and education. If I had my druthers, I would stick my head in the sand, but wanting to be a good mom, I need to help my kids make the right choices so that they can live long healthy lives.Bobbie's Babbleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16763095907093869345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3828162955244406943.post-45091889375613857222010-06-06T14:54:35.407-04:002010-06-06T14:54:35.407-04:00Thank You!Thank You!xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12346245087447662377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3828162955244406943.post-26581837225805208742010-06-06T13:42:34.955-04:002010-06-06T13:42:34.955-04:00Scary, isn't it. :o( Well done for doing som...Scary, isn't it. :o( Well done for doing something about it and for supporting Greenpeace! :o)Patsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16237128259799260713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3828162955244406943.post-58036152604836371452010-06-06T12:46:09.579-04:002010-06-06T12:46:09.579-04:00I appreciate that you're educating me on this....I appreciate that you're educating me on this. I had no idea, and it's scary.<br /><br />Good for you, taking on this cause and spreading the word.Genie @ Diet of 51https://www.blogger.com/profile/12666514999795984295noreply@blogger.com