Gibson Farms is located in beautiful Westminster, South Carolina. We are a 3rd generation, all natural USDA Certified Organic Beef farm. Our animals are 100% grass fed and grass finished. No hormones or antibiotics are used in raising our animals, just good grass, water and sunshine as nature intended.
GMO Labeling
A majority of the articles I read from the sustainable
farming community are related to the possible dangers of genetically modified
organisms (GMOs) in our food. Most of
the GMO products on the market have been genetically modified to be resistant
to herbicides such as round up. Most of
the chemicals to kill weeds in our lawns and gardens are non-selective killers;
roundup will kill all vegetation including the grass. Scientist have genetically modified crops
like corn and soybeans to be resistant to roundup. Is it safe?
No one seems to know for sure.
The companies that produce the herbicide have performed the only testing
on GMO crops, they say yes it is perfectly safe. Opponents of GMOs do not believe adequate independent
testing has been performed on GMOs to determine if they are safe, or not. The possible dangers of eating GMO products
seem to far outweigh the benefits of the product. I encourage everyone to do his or her own
research. Both sides seem to be at an
impasse. The companies that produce GMO
seeds will not allow their products to be tested by independent labs, and the
opposition is adamantly opposed to the product being incorporated into our food
supply with out more testing and research.
The logical solution
seems to be let the consumer decide. The
opponents of GMO are asking that all GMO be listed on the label required on our
food. Those companies supporting GMO are
opposed to required labeling; their argument against labeling GMOs is that
additional labeling will increase the cost of our food. The companies opposed to GMO labeling felt so
strongly about keeping the cost of food down that they spent more than 60
million dollars in the fight to prevent GMO labeling. What’s that going to do to the price of
corn? This past November, California put
the GMO labeling issue on the ballot to let the residents decide weather or not
the GMO label was to be required by law.
The notion to require GMO
labeling was defeated, mostly because of the 60 million dollar media campaign
opposed to GMO labeling. I wonder, if
this stuff is really safe and no different from organic corn, why are they
resisting the testing, why are they opposed to labeling?
Why am I writing my first blog this year about GMO
labeling? Did you know that more that
90% of the corn grown in this country is of the genetically modified variety
? Do you know that more than 50% of the
corn produced is for animal feed? Do you know that just about every meat
product you buy in the mega grocery chains has spent half of their life eating
the genetically modified grain? Why is
this something to be concerned about?
The old saying” you are what you eat” applies to the beef you buy. More
importantly “you are what you eat, eats”.
If the meat you feed you family has spent half of its life eating GMO
feed, is there any danger in consuming the beef? I really don’t have the answer. More
research is required. I know what I choose,
a diet of organic grass fed meats and vegetables, and plenty of exercise. It is the best health insurance plan you can
buy, and until we know for sure the GMOs are safe or not, I refuse to buy
them.
