fold faq What about Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)?
There has been much concern lately among consumers over GMO crops. Many worry the risks of environmental contamination and producer dependence to GMO seed might outweigh the benefits of the crops. FLO believes GMO crops are incompatible with Fairtrade and has adopted strict environmental standards and guidelines expressly forbidding their use and monitoring GMOs in nearby fields to avoid any possible contamination.
