Posted on April 12th, 2022

At One Degree Organics, we are passionate about clean, healthy food. What does that mean exactly? We only use the best quality 

organic ingredients. We work exclusively with plant-based farmers and producers who use sustainable farming methods. We voluntarily test for glyphosate, a probable carcinogen. And we strongly believe in avoiding GMO foods. Keep reading to learn why non-GMO matters to us!

Why Non-GMO Still Matters (And Why You Should Avoid GMOs)

While organic certifications specifically prohibit the inclusion of genetically-modified organisms, we must also acknowledge why it is still so important to avoid GMOs themselves. 

In their infancy, GMOs came with an intended outcome of improved nutrition and higher crop yields. But gene-splicing and biotechnology (genetic engineering) has shown over time to have a near-opposite effect on crops. And giant agricultural companies like Monsanto have used their GMO crops to a patent-law advantage, continuously trying to shut down small farmers who work to harvest without these herbicide-resistant seeds. 

Medical and scientific evidence continues to point to the fact that despite the promises of GMO seeds, they are not the answer to reducing world hunger, improving nutrition, and garnering larger yields. Yet, GMOs dominate food chains the world over. According to the Non-GMO Project, “More than 80% of all genetically modified crops grown worldwide have been engineered for herbicide tolerance. As a result, the use of toxic herbicides, such as Roundup [glyphosate], has increased fifteenfold since GMOs were first introduced.” 

The evidence continues: 

- GMO crops are also responsible for the emergence of superweed and superbugs that can only be killed with increasingly toxic poisons. 

- GMOs are intrinsically tied to the herbicide glyphosate, which the World Health Organization has deemed a probable carcinogen (cancer-causing substance)—on August 10, 2018, a California jury ordered Monsanto to pay $289 million in damages to a man dying of cancer, which he says was caused by his repeated exposure to large quantities of Roundup and other glyphosate-based weed killers while working as a school groundskeeper.

- GMOs solely benefit massive chemical companies and their agricultural extensions, putting many family farmers out of business. 

- The long-term effects and impacts of GMO introduction into agriculture still cannot be known. 

Source: https://onedegreeorganics.com/why-non-gmo-matters/