organic planet
Watch for this
“NON-GMO Project
Verified Seal” on
products! Here’s
a list of some
Endorsers
with more signing on!
Eden Foods
EO
Full of Life Products
Green Mountain
The NON-GMO PROJECT is a non-profit collaboration of
Gringo
manufacturers, retailers, processors, distributors, farmers,
Guayaki
seed breeders and consumer with a shared belief that
Kettle Brand Potato Chips
Lundberg Family Farms
everyone deserves an informed choice about whether
Nature’s Path
or not to consume genetically modified products. Their
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common mission is to ensure the sustained availability
Tofurky
of non-GMO choices.
Turtle Island Foods
Rainbow Light
The Non-GMO Project was created That’s why we have created North
R.W. Garcia
for consumers. We believe that America’s first consensus-based
Straus Family Creamery
everyone has the right to an in- Standard for GMO avoidance.
formed choice about what they eat. Compliance to the Standard is
UNFI
In Europe, all products containing assessed through our Product
WholeSoy & Co
more than 0.9% GMO are labeled
by the government. In the U.S.
Working together to ensure the sustained
and Canada, on the other hand,
government has done nothing to
availability of non-GMO food & products
inform consumers about which food
and products contain GMOs, and Verification Program. Although
Whole Foods Market
it is estimated that GMOs are now you may see other “non-GMO”
is the first major chain
present in more than 75% of the claims on products, the “Non-
to enroll products, but
processed foods in the average GMO Project Verified” Seal is the
grocery store. only one backed by independent,
other private labels are
third party verification, according
also interested.
Many people are concerned about to a consensus-based Standard.
the potential health risks of prod-
More companies are
ucts made using the relatively new By supporting participating
signing on watch for the
technology of genetic modifica- companies and products that are
seal or check online.
tion (to learn more, see our About enrolled in the Non-GMO Project,
GMOs page online). The Non-GMO you become an essential part of
A complete list of enrolled
Project respects your right to know the collaborative effort to ensure
products is available on the
what’s in the food you’re eating and that there are non-GMO choices
NON GMO PROJECT web site:
the products you’re buying. now and in the future.
www.nongmoproject.org
46 Organic Shopper Summer 2009
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