In honor of Non-GMO Month we are partnering with local natural food stores across Michigan to support the mission to coordinate our voices and our actions! We will be speaking up and providing education about GMOs.

Visit our tables to receive materials, ask questions, and support your right to know what is in your food.

Events

Oryana Natural Foods Market
October 15th
260 East Tenth Street (10th St & Lake Ave)
Traverse City, MI 49684
(231) 947-0191
info@oryana.coop

Smart Choice Market
October 26th
Byron Center Marketplace
2185 84th ST SW
Suite H
Byron Center, MI 49315
(616) 448-8348

Nature's Market
October 29th
1013 S. Washington Ave
Holland, MI 49423
(616) 394-5250

About Non-GMO Month

Non-GMO Month was created by the Non-GMO Project in 2010 as a platform for raising awareness on the GMO issue. Citizens and organizations across North America are waking up to the failure of GMO technology, and discovering the risks GMOs pose to our health, our families, and our planet.

Non-GMO Month is an opportunity to coordinate our voices and our actions, so that we can stand up loudly and clearly for our right to know what’s in our food, and to choose non-GMO.

Protecting consumer choice and a non-GMO food supply require a multi-faceted approach and lots of team work, which is why this website was created. Together, we make Non-GMO Month happen by creating and participating in events, and spreading the word in our communities.

What is a GMO?

A GMO (genetically modified organism) is the result of a laboratory process where genes from the DNA of one species are extracted and artificially forced into the genes of an unrelated plant or animal. The foreign genes may come from bacteria, viruses, insects, animals or even humans. Because this involves the transfer of genes, GMOs are also known as “transgenic” organisms.

This process may be called either Genetic Engineering (GE) or Genetic Modification (GM); they are one and the same.

GMO Basics

10 Reasons Why We Don't Need GM Foods

1. GM foods won’t solve the food crisis

2. GM crops do not increase yield potential

3. GM crops increase pesticide use

4. There are better ways to feed the world

5. Other farm technologies are more successful

6. GM foods have not been shown  to be safe to eat

7. Stealth GMOs are in animal feed — without consumers’ consent

8. GM crops are a long-term economic disaster for farmers

9. GM and non-GM cannot co-exist

10. We can’t trust GM companies

10 Reasons Why GM Won't Feed The World

GM Food: A Guide for the Confused - Clear answers to common questions about GMOs.

Why GM Free? - All the reasons you need to Say No To GMOs!

Who's Afraid of GMOs? Me! - A thoughtful rebuttal to the 'GMOs will feed the world' argument and more.

The Myths Of Agricultural Biotechnology - Exposing the flawed premises of biotech in agriculture.

Confronting Contamination - The only way to stop GMO contamination is to stop growing GMOs.

Are GMOs Safe?

Genetic Roulette - The Gamble of Our Lives - documentary directed by Jeffrey Smith, Institute for Responsible Technology

GMO Myths and Truths - Scientists speak out.

State-of-the-Science on the Health Risks of GM Foods - current research.

Scrambling and Gambling with the Genome - The process of genetic engineering is neither predictable nor reliable.

Unraveling the DNA Myth - The basics debunked by Dr. Barry Commoner.

Risks of GM Food - Professor David Schubert of the Salk Institute offers insight and words of caution.

A Deadly Epidemic and the Attempt to Hide its Link to Genetic Engineering - How this happened and why it didn't make the news.

The Virus Hazard - Genetically engineering crops using genetic material from viruses has serious implications that are dismissed by industry and regulatory agencies.

Regulation and Labeling

Should Genetically Modified Foods Be Labeled? - Comprehensive discussion of the FDA's twisted GMO labeling rationale by Craig Holderge.

Sensible Regulations For GE Food Crops - Read this if you think that GMOs are being adequately regulated and tested.

GMOs and Childern

Genetically Engineered Foods Pose Higher Risk for Children - Why children are at risk from the effects of genetically engineered food.

Knowledge is power and NoGMO4Michigan wants to give the power back to the people of Michigan.  Our citizens have the right to know what is in our food.  Our organization strives to provide them with the education and with that knowledge, the power to choose what they eat.

Center for Food Safety (CFS) today launched a new national campaign focusing the food movement’s growing power on stopping the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) approval of the next generation of genetically engineered (GE), pesticide-promoting crops: corn and soybeans engineered to be repeatedly doused in 2,4-D, a powerful herbicide that formed one half of Agent Orange. The campaign includes a petition to drive comments to the USDA opposing the approval of Dow Chemical’s new GE crops. The campaign features a petition to the USDA and President Obama, a website, and an animated video examining Dow Chemical’s sordid history.

STOP DOW!

“Dow Chemical has a long and troubling history selling dangerous chemicals and poisons, and now they are targeting our food supply,” said Andrew Kimbrell, executive director of Center for Food Safety. “Monsanto isn’t the only bad actor out there; companies like Dow Chemical have gotten a free pass—but no longer. We are launching this campaign to give people the chance to fight back, to speak with one voice and stop Dow Chemical’s ‘Agent Orange’ crops.”

2,4-D (2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid), produced by Dow Chemical, was a component of “Agent Orange,” the toxic defoliant used in Vietnam. 2,4-D and other herbicides of its class have been independently associated with deadly immune system cancers, Parkinson’s disease, endocrine disruption, and reproductive problems.

Dow Chemical is marketing 2,4-D resistant crops as a purported “solution” to weed resistance spurred by the adoption of Monsanto’s Roundup Ready crops and their partner herbicide glyphosate. However, even USDA acknowledges that the increased use of 2,4-D will lead to even greater resistance. Though Dow claims 2,4-D crops are the solution to weed resistance, a recent peer-reviewed study published in the prestigious journal Bioscience concludes that these new GE crops will instead pour oil on the fire.  The study, entitled “Navigating a Critical Juncture for Sustainable Weed Management,” suggests new GE crops will trigger a further epidemic of still more intractable weeds resistant to both glyphosate and 2,4-D.

“Dow Chemical’s crops are the worst possible application of biotechnology. They offer zero consumer benefit, while doubling down on the most devastating aspects of industrial agriculture,” said Kimbrell. “Instead of feeding the world, Dow Chemical’s new genetically engineered crops will poison it.”

USDA’s initial review of 2,4-D resistant corn and soybeans ignored intense opposition from over over 450,000 individuals 48 medical and health professionals, and 144 farm, fishery, public health, consumer and environmental groups and private businesses who registered objections with the USDA.

Center for Food Safety Launches Campaign to Stop Dow Chemical's "Agent Orange" Crops