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Holy GMO foods!

But GMO alfalfa is no laughing matter

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January 28, 2011

In a recent Atlantic Food Channel story, Barry Estabrook noted that the U.S. has lobbied mightily to overturn the European Union’s ban on genetically modified food, including negotiating with the Pope to turn pro-GMO. (The pope said nope.) More pressing Stateside is the current debate over GMO alfalfa, which the USDA approved yesterday for planting in the U.S., despite the fact that GMO alfalfa has been documented to contaminate organic alfalfa.

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