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Tuesday, September 25, 2007 

Franken Suger coming to a market near you

Talk about sugar shock.
American Crystal, a large Wyoming-based sugar company, who ironically have launched an "organic" line of their sugar,and several other leading U.S. sugar providers have announced they will be sourcing their sugar from genetically engineered (GE) sugar beets beginning this year and arriving in stores in 2008. Like GE corn and GE soy, products containing GE sugar will not be labeled as such.

Since half of the granulated sugar in the U.S. comes from sugar beets, a move towards biotech beets marks a dramatic alteration of the U.S. food supply.

...Meanwhile candy companies like Hershey's are urging farmers not to plant GE sugar beets, noting that consumer surveys suggest resistance to the product. In addition the European Union has not approved GE sugar beets for human consumption. - Organic Consumers Association
Take action. Let the CEO of American Crystal, David Berg, to reconsider their action...HERE.

Why go toward GM beets when they have to plow under crops due to overproduction?

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