Why Organic Corn?
Cultivating corn using non-organic techniques typically requires large amounts of pesticides (meaning a broad range of herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, rodenticides and other chemicals used to protect crops). Monsanto introduced a pesticidal corn seed that produced it s own insecticide in every cell. Much of the nation s cornfields now consist of pesticidal corn, which helps protect the corn crops against the corn borer pest. Unfortunately, the pesticidal potato and corn are not labeled, so unless you consume organic potatoes or corn, there s no way to be sure that you re not eating the pesticidal variety. www.thecampaign.org Genetically modified corn pollen ends up on the host plant of the monarch butterfly. The monarch caterpillars either die or produce a much smaller butterfly. The FDA maintains that genetically engineered foods are safe, although some of the FDA s own scientist have their doubts. Support Organic Farmers!!
