The GMO Challenge
I wanted to wait to discuss this until after I went to a talk by Michael Pollan about the aftermath of Prop. 37.
While the votes are still being counted Proposition 37 – the Right to Know initiative that would have labeled GMOs in our food – has been called as defeated. We can hold out hope but we still need a lot of votes headed our way to change the looming outcome.
But just because it might be defeated doesn’t mean that we stop fighting. It means we need to fight more but maybe we need to change our direction, become more unified and make changes in our own lives. My friend Pam, from Peaceful Valley Farm, and I discussed an idea that I think people might be interested in doing with us.
As you may know, my family went a year without going to the grocery store starting back in October 2010 and which we are still continuing with today to a slightly lesser extent. That was just a challenge that we did here and documented but it wasn’t a team challenge.
What Pam and I are proposing is a team effort. We want to help others take on a challenge with us. The challenge we are proposing is to live a month without GMOs starting January 1st 2013. While Pam and I will be making this a forever-and-a-day challenge we would like you to join us for the first month. Learn with us and exchange information.
The next post will be about what GMOs are and how to somewhat spot them even though they aren’t labeled.
By Rachel at Dog Island Farm. Reprinted with permission.
The original article and more Dog Island wisdom is here.
The Facebook page for the GMO Challenge is here, please LIKE it and join the discussion.
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I look forward to any tips that would help me to avoid all GMOs. I hope one day we can pass a initiative like 37.