For those who are buying organic milk to make products with

[teegr]

This is a report of what is going on with dairy farmers that grow organic feed for their livestock in order to produce an Organic Milk Products...which affects those of us that are sort of forced to buy organic higher priced milk (because it's getting really hard to get NON ultra past mik or the UHT milks which are not cheese friendly.
Interesting info...for it no doubt will affect us all in one way or the other.

Stop Genetically Engineered Alfalfa and Protect Organic Food!

The USDA recently released a draft of its Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on Genetically Engineered "Roundup Ready" Alfalfa, and if we don't speak up, it's clear they intend to approve its commercial use. We can't let this happen.

You may not think about alfalfa much when you're drinking organic milk, but organic alfalfa is important to organic farming, as a nourishing animal feed that's also a nitrogen-fixing soil enhancer. Once GE alfalfa is introduced, its contamination of non-GE plants - including organic - is all but inevitable. And because alfalfa is fed to dairy cows and other livestock, contamination puts organic dairy and meat at risk, too!

In their EIS, the USDA states "There is no evidence that consumers care about GE contamination of organic alfalfa." We know that you do care. Let's not be Monsanto's guinea pigs!

Now is your chance to be heard. Tell the USDA to protect organic food and farmers from GE contamination, and NOT TO APPROVE Monsanto's GE Alfalfa. Comments are due by February 16, 2010.

You CAN make a difference. Tell the USDA that you care about GE contamination and your right to GMO-free organic foods.

Learn more and get talking points on our website. Then take action at the Center for Food Safety, or submit comments online to the USDA directly.Learn more and get talking points on our website.http://www.organicvalley.coop/index.php?id=2276 Then take action at the Center for Food Safety, http://ga3.org/campaign/alfalfaEISor submit comments online to the USDA directly. http://www.regulations.gov/search/Regs/home.html#submitComment?R=0900006480a6b7a1

[FRANCOIS]

It's way too late.  The USDA has allowed Monsanto carte blanche for years to test GE seed.  I am sure a thorough evaluation of feeds in the US would reveal widespread contamination already.

[Cheese Head]

A good US documentary movie to watch on this subject is Food Inc! that came out in 2009, big section on grains and how the small guy in US is toast.

[Michael Stokes]

"The Future of Food" is another good recent documentary on the subject.  Yeah, I agree, Monster-santo HAS been given carte blanche--- but be the squeaky wheel! We need more squeaky wheels in this country. 

What really scares me is their open air growth of pharmaceutical yielding GE crops and their possible cross pollination.

[DeejayDebi]

They are really getting sickening playing God with all this crap and it's only making us sick.

[driekus]

Im a scientist and usually scientists are on the side of big companies. Many scientists including myself think that the evidence supporting the safety of GM food is dubious at best. This includes using GM crops as animal feed. At worst the evidence is fabricated, ignoring any indication that it is unsafe. In some instances GM crops are useful, for example in the making of biofuels. However until you can control contamination of non-GM food crops the point invalid.
People need to show that they care more about the quality of there food and less about the cost.

PS: Legal Disclaimer: Im in no way suggesting that companies that produce GM crops are fabricating evidence. Im expressing a personal belief that the studies conducted thus far are insufficient and that these studies should be conducted by an independent scientific body. If you watch Food Inc you will understand why Im making this disclaimer, fortunately I live in Canada where we are able to criticize food produces and have real freedom of speech (again see Food Inc)