does organic mean not GMO?

BarefootContess

thanks ladies!

Alisha_A

Yep! Although I am concerned the more and more GMOs there are, the harder that is to control. Even the environmental impact statements admit that its hard to control the spread, thus making it difficult to have proven GE free products.

This is a major reason I'm committed to buying organic everything.

Lucyboo25

:::whistles for SuperGreen::: 

SuperGreen

:bark bark:  I'm here, i'm here!    If it's certified organic, meaning it has the USDA Organic seal, then it is not GMO.  You're fine.  Even products that say "made with organic ingredients" are not GMO. For example, "made with organic ingredients" means 70% of the product must be organic, but 100% are non-GMO.  I carry a non-GMO guide in my purse, e-mail me at elaine dot dubin at gmail dot com if you'd like one.

That being said, I do agree with Alisha that due to the prevalence of so many GE foods and there being so much GMOs (93% of the U.S. soybean crop is GMO, and 80% of corn), that there's a significant risk of spread.  GE canola is already spreading outside the fields where it's planted and breeding with wild canola.  Hence my sig pic.  Some more info:

http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_21413.cfm

Scientists from the University of Arkansas announced at the Ecological Society of America annual meeting the results of a study that showed genetically engineered pesticide-resistant canola growing like a weed in North Dakota. They found that up to 80 percent of wild canola in their sample from various North Dakota roadsides contained genes that conferred resistance to either glyphosate (the active ingredient in Monsanto's RoundUp Ready pesticide) or gluphosinate (from Bayer's LibertyLink seeds).

But it gets better, er, worse. The scientists also found wild canola with both properties.

So while organic food legally can't be GMO, it's get less and less likely that the food actually is.

BarefootContess

Thank you so much Super Green. 

I absolutely hate Monsanto!  Their actions are so contrary to the public good and yet they enjoy privilege and protection from the federal government and courts.  We need a change! 

My question was motivated largely by corn products, exactly because I know most corn is GMO. 

SuperGreen

BarefootContess:

Thank you so much Super Green. 

I absolutely hate Monsanto!  You are most welcome.  I hate Monsanto too.  Their actions are so contrary to the public good and yet they enjoy privilege and protection from the federal government and courts.  We need a change! 

IMHO, it's going to take a huge number of people dying from contamination or pesticide poisoning in a very 24-hour-news-network kind-of-way before we wake up to the problems with our food system.  Monsanto being a key component of those problems.

BarefootContess:

My question was motivated largely by corn products, exactly because I know most corn is GMO. 

Yes, any corn and soy in packaged products is GMO.  That all their by-products like corn/soybean oil and lecthin.