In the U.S. 88% of corn and 94% of soybean production is GM. Remember when you used to hear how beneficial soybeans were for human health? You don't hear much about that any more! GMO is not only in whole corn but it ends up in the many corn derivatives like high fructose corn syrup and corn oil. This means it shows up in about 70% of processed food. GMO is also used in soybeans and sugar beets to make them more resistant to Monsanto's Roundup herbicide containing glyphosate. GMO appears in canola oil, rice, cotton (the seeds are pressed into cottonseed oil which is a common ingredient in vegetable oil and margarine), dairy, papayas from Hawaii, and Aspartame sweetener. Consumers wishing to find out information about which foods are completely non-GMO can visit Non GMO Project. The organization also verifies and stamps products that are voluntarily submitted as being non-GMO.

Price Look-Up (PLU) Codes

Some consumers are aware that PLU (Price Look-Up) labels on food have a numbering system that can identify food categories. A 4-digit number indicates the food is conventionally produced. A 5-digit code beginning with a 9 identifies organic food. A 5-digit code beginning with an 8 is supposed to identify GMO. The trouble is this coding system is strictly optional. Retailers use it mostly for inventory and pricing purposes. No one uses the GMO code because identifying the food as GMO would seriously impact sales. Most consumers would choose non-GMO food if given a choice. That explains why the industry has resisted any labeling efforts.

Monsanto

Monsanto produces 90% of all GMOs. The film, "The World According to Monsanto" documents the company's involvement with Agent Orange during the Vietnam War and how former employees have wielded power in high-level positions within the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). It goes a long way in explaining why many people distrust the company's claims made in favor of GM food. Clearly science is important to the future of our world. However, when applied to the food we eat, the standards of testing need to be of the highest quality. Eating food is not just "filling up" our empty gas tanks. Eating food is the gas but it is also the gas tank. What you eat is the most intimate thing you will ever do because what you eat becomes you - literally! You have an inalienable right to know what is in your food and be able to choose what you believe to be the most nutritional support to your body.