How do we then promote safer food for the Indian consumer and sustainable farming for the Indian farmer?
As a consumer you must ask for and expect solutions that are healthy for both the individual and the planet. There can be no one-stop solution to the problem of hunger, decreasing yields and chemicals out of control ending up in our food. In fact, it is ‘magic solutions’ like pesticides during the green revolution and now GMOs during the ongoing gene revolution that has compounded the problem. Solutions have to be multi-pronged and at multi levels. As a first step, we must demand from government to enforce strong labelling laws. Companies that sell food with GM ingredients must label them as GM, so that we have the choice to reject them at the supermarket. Until we have a clear labelling policy in place, we will be unable to differentiate safe food from GM food products. Each one of us must ensure that no GMO enters our markets and our plates. A basic policy to eating healthy is to eat local produce (food that hasn’t travelled thousands of miles), traditional (varieties that are region
