EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO CHOOSE THE FOOD YOU
EAT!
Oregon Tilth pioneered organic certification and
the labeling of organic foods. As we invest our food dollars into
alternatives to chemical agricultural, the agri-chemical industry
is introducing a new form of environmental contamination –
genetic engineering. While chemicals degrade in the environment
over time, genetically engineered products replicate and multiply
in the environment, becoming part of our evolutionary legacy. Consumers
currently have no practical choice to avoid purchasing food products
derived from this technology.
70% of all processed food contains genetically
modified organisms.
This gene revolution has taken place without consumer
demand, and farmers have suffered as European and Japanese markets
have refused to buy the contaminated products. US citizens are the
unwitting guinea pigs and the recipients of depressed prices resulting
from our inability to segregate the altered product.
- Genetic engineering is not traditional breeding.
Genetic engineering crosses species barriers, using antibiotics
and viral particles to achieve the asexual union.
- The threat from GMOs includes introducing new
allergens to food, creating new viruses, and contaminating every
naturally evolved organism with a patent protected genetic mutation.
Ballot Measure 27 is not for
or against GMOs.
It simply reinforces the consumer’s right to choose.
Oregon has a chance to show the world that democracy
is alive, that consumers are partners in environmental stewardship,
and that our state will not buckle to the demands of a few large
corporate interests vying for control of the world’s food
system.
Please Vote Yes on Ballot
Measure 27
Oregon Tilth, Inc. is an educational
and research organization, the purpose of which is to support and
promote biologically sound and socially equitable agriculture,
as well as other related purposes
within the scope of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
(This information furnished by Pete
Gonzalves, Oregon Tilth, Inc.)
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