guardian map of where genetically modified crops are grown

[karla cook]

here's a map that looks at where genetically modified crops are grown,
globally:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/graphic/2012/feb/09/gm-crops-world-2011-map.


and here are excepts from a nyt story about resistance of U.S. farmers
and consumers to genetically modified crops:
"About 90 percent of all soybeans, corn, canola and sugar beets raised
in the United States were grown from what scientists now call
transgenic seed. Most processed foods (staples like breakfast cereal,
granola bars, chicken nuggets and salad dressing) contain one or more
transgenic ingredients, according to estimates from the Grocery
Manufacturers Association, though the labels don’t reveal that. (Some,
like tortilla chips, can contain dozens.)

Common ingredients like corn, vegetable oil, maltodextrin, soy
protein, lecithin, monosodium glutamate, cornstarch, yeast extract,
sugar and corn syrup are almost always produced from transgenic
crops....

...consumer resistance to transgenic food remains high. In a
nationwide telephone poll conducted in October 2010 by Thomson Reuters
and National Public Radio, 93 percent said if a food has been
genetically engineered or has genetically engineered ingredients, it
should say so on its label — a number that has been consistent since
genetically modified crops were introduced.


http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/08/dining/a-suit-airs-debate-on-organic-vs-modified-crops.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=monsanto&st=cse