Label GMO's

What are GMOs?

Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are also known as genetically engineered-, bio-engineered-, biotech crops, or transgenic organisms.

Up to 80 percent of processed food contains genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and you are likely unknowingly eating them. Our health and environmental safety has been put at risk through industry's genetic manipulation of our food. Please read the information here to find out why you should be concerned and what you can do about it.

Tell the FDA to JUST LABEL IT!

March 22nd, 2013

We have a right to know about the food we eat and feed our families, but under current regulations, we don’t have that ability when it comes to genetically engineered (GE) foods.

The number and variety of GE foods reaching grocery shelves is accelerating without proper regulation or human health testing, and most importantly, without labels. Keep Reading →

Down to Earth to Require GMO Labeling By 2018

All Products Containing Genetically Modified Ingredients Will Need to Be Labeled As Such

March 13th, 2013

Down to Earth Organic & Natural today announced it will begin requiring any products with ingredients containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs) to be labeled as such by 2018. The decision follows a similar announcement by Whole Foods this past Friday.

"Whole Foods announcement is a game changer," says Mark Fergusson, Down to Earth Chief Organic Officer. "It marks a big victory in the move towards the labeling of genetically labeled foods. Down to Earth will monitor and review the situation and may move our implementation date earlier if that becomes possible." Keep Reading →

Down to Earth and GMOs

Supporting Your Right to Know

December 5th, 2012

Down to Earth Policy on GMOs

We believe in providing foods as nature intended them - foods that are good for you and the environment. In our view GMOs pose health and environmental risks. As we move toward our long term goal of being all organic and GMO free, we are gradually eliminating, and avoid adding, products that may contain GMOs. In addition, we:

  • Give preference to products that are organic or are Non-GMO Project Verified
  • Support labeling of foods containing GMOs
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Hawaii should require labeling of GMO foods

April 25th, 2012

(Published in the Honolulu-Star Advertiser April 22, 2012) -- As Americans, we value the basic right to choose from a wide variety of foods in the marketplace, to make informed choices as to what we feed ourselves and our families.

Presently this right is being denied to the more than 90 percent of Americans who want to know if a food contains genetically modified organisms (GMO). Keep Reading →

GMO Foods Should be Labeled

"We have the Right to Know What is in Our Food"

December 27th, 2011

One of the most dangerous and least understood experiments with human health the world has ever known is currently underway without your consent—in your household and households across the nation, indeed throughout our entire planet. It is the wholesale contamination of the world's food supply with genetically modified organisms (GMOs).

A GMO is the result of a laboratory process where genes are taken from one species and inserted into another in an attempt to obtain a desired trait or characteristic. GMOs are also known as genetically engineered-, bio-engineered-, biotech crops, or transgenic organisms.

While GMO proponents say their goal is to increase nutritional benefits or productivity, the two main traits that have been added to date are herbicide tolerance and the ability of the plant to produce its own pesticide. These results have no health benefits, only economic benefits to the companies that produce them, at the cost of significant negative consequences.

Introduced in 1996, the genetic engineering of plants and animals today looms as one of the greatest and most intractable environmental and health challenges of the 21st Century. With promises of making more and supposedly “better” food, this new technology has invaded our farmlands, grocery stores, and our kitchen pantries by fundamentally altering some of our most important staple food crops. Keep Reading →

Risks of Genetic Engineering

November 17th, 2009

Down to Earth and GMOs

Down to Earth is opposed to the development of products containing GMOs because we believe they may pose health, safety, and other potential risks that far outweigh the purported benefits. Keep Reading →

For more Non-GMO information check out these sites:

December 30th, 2007

Non-GMO Project
The Non-GMO Project is a non-profit collaboration of manufacturers, retailers, processors, distributors, farmers, seed companies and consumers. Members are committed to practical solutions and offer North America’s first consensus-based Standard, third-party Product Verification Program, and uniform Seal for products made following best practices of GMO avoidance.

The Institute for Responsible Technology (IRT)
The Institute for Responsible Technology is a world leader in educating policy makers and the public about genetically modified (GM) foods and crops. Researchers investigate and report the risk of GM foods and impact on health, environment, the economy, and agriculture, as well as the problems associated with current research, regulation, corporate practices, and reporting.

GMO Free Hawaii
Dedicated to protecting Hawaii from genetically engineered organisms through education and action.

GMO-Free Maui
GMO-Free Maui & Hawaii Seed.org are working together to inform and protect Hawaii and its people from the risks posed by genetically engineered organisms. We promote diverse, local, healthy and ecological food and farming practices that support food security for all of the Hawaiian Islands.

Hawaii Seed
A statewide non-profit coalition working on five islands to educate the public about the risks posed by genetically engineered organisms. Hawaii Seed is dedicated to promoting diverse, local, healthy and ecological food and farming that supports real food security for the Hawaiian Islands. It is a comprised of grassroots groups composed of farmers, doctors, scientists, lawyers, concerned citizens, and Native Hawaiians.

World Rainforest Movement
For information about GM trees.

Organic Trade Association
This is the membership-based business association for the organic industry in North America. OTA's mission is to encourage global sustainability through promoting and protecting the growth of diverse organic trade.

Say No to GMOs!
This site offers extensive information on the complex and controversial issue of genetic engineering.

Greenpeace Canada
Greenpeace's Say No to Genetic Engineering webpage.

Genetic Engineering Action Network
A diverse network of grassroots activists, national and community non-governmental organizations (NGOs), farmer and farm advocacy groups, academics and scientists who have come together to work on the myriad of issues surrounding biotechnology.

Friends of the Earth
Friends of the Earth is the U.S. voice of an influential, international network of grassroots groups in 70 countries. Friends of the Earth has for decades been at the forefront of high-profile efforts to create a healthier, just world. (search on genetic engineering)

GE Food Alert
A coalition of seven organizations united in their commitment to testing and labeling genetically engineered food.

True Food Network
A resource that you can come to for information and, most importantly, a place you can come to take action regarding GE foods.

Organic Consumers Association
A grassroots non-profit public interest organization which deals with crucial issues of food safety, industrial agriculture, genetic engineering, corporate accountability, and environmental sustainability. Keep Reading →

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Down to Earth, along with the natural products industry, strongly supports the Non-GMO Project. The Non-GMO Project provides manufacturers with the "Non-GMO Project Verified" seal pictured above, which is backed by independent testing. The “Non-GMO Project Verified” seal means that GMO contamination has been avoided throughout the growth and harvesting of crops, their processing, storage and packaging. As of December 2011, over 3,000 products have been verified, with thousands more in the process. As increasing numbers of manufacturers include the “Non-GMO Project Verified” seal on their packaging, you will see more and more of the verified products on our shelves. Consumers have the right to choose what foods to eat and feed their families. This Non-GMO logo enables consumers to exercise this right. To find out more about the Non-GMO Project and this seal click here.

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Shoppers’ Guide


The True Food Shoppers’ Guide to Avoiding GMOs


Available as download to your PC or mobile phone!
Download the NEW True Food Shopper’s Guide to avoiding GE foods, updated for 2011, or get the True Food Shoppers Guide mobile application for iPhone and Android!

The mobile app was created to help you find and avoid GE ingredients wherever you shop. Our guide gives you valuable information on common GE ingredients, brands to look for, and look out for, and common sense tips to keep you in the know. Stop shopping in the dark and download your new pocket shoppers’ guide today! Check out this video review of the app on livingmaxwell.com.
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