What is Bloodroot doing about Genetically Engineered Food?
In addition to educating ourselves, we at Bloodroot are scrutinizing our food sources. For example, after purchasing some Idaho potatoes a few years ago, we discovered they didn’t cook rightno matter what we didthey just stayed lumpy. At the same time we were using this potato, we read an article in the New York Times about genetically modified Idaho potatoes injected with Bt toxin. After comparing the label of the potatoes we had purchased at Bloodroot with the potatoes described in the article, we realized that they were identical, and of course, unlabeled as genetically modified. While we had been purchasing a large proportion of our food from organic sources, after this experience, we became even more committed to organic food. continue reading…
