My dear friend, Audrey, recently watched the documentary The Future of Food.  She raved about it to me, knowing how passionately I oppose Genetically Modified Foods.  I hadn’t seen the movie, but she got a bunch of people together and we all bought copies of the DVD (discount pricing for orders over 20).  I told her I’d take two, even though I hadn’t seen the movie, I knew if she was asking it was worth it.  I got one copy for Jeff and I and another for a friend’s birthday.

I watched the movie and I have to say its compelling, frightening, and hopeful all at the same time.  Get a copy of this DVD if you have any question about risks and benefits to genetically modified foods and the role of biotechnology companies in what you put into your body.  You won’t regret the time you spend watching it. 

I’ve written a few posts lately about making educated choices and in one post I know I wrote that sometimes we have no control over choices being made.  Genetically Modified Foods is one such choice for us here in the U.S.A., because we have no labeling laws we don’t know for sure what we’re eating.  That’s horrifying to me.  What’s more horrifying is the cross-pollination of GM crops into non-GM crops, meaning no matter how well intentioned I am in keeping seed or buying heirloom seeds, the test plot 20 miles away could contaminate my garden.  Don’t even get me started on Terminator technology and how that could effect our food supply.

I can’t stress the importance of buying from trusted, local sources whenever possible strongly enough.  In the end, I truly believe we can have a food revolution by simply doing what generations before us have done, grow and eat locally produced foods from growers who are also neighbors and stewards of our communities.  This may be the only way we can stop GM crops from taking over, cross pollination has already begun in things like corn, soybeans, and wheat, lets stop it before it gets into any more of our food supply.