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SISTERS ONLINE was surprised to learn that the U.S. is one of only a few developed countries not to require the labeling of genetically engineered (GE) foods. We think we have the right to know what is in our food!

It is estimated that 60-70% of processed foods are likely to contain some GE material. Plus, over 80% of corn and soybeans grown in the U.S. are genetically engineered. Also, livestock that we consume have been raised on GM grains. But if none of this is labeled, we never know what we're eating.

In order to make informed choices as to what we buy at super markets and what we eat or feed to our families, we have to know how what we buy is produced, etc. That means it must be labeled.

Please submit a comment to the Food and Drug Administration demanding that GM foods be labeled. To do that, go to the following link:

http://www.justlabelit.org/takeaction

Thanks for standing with SISTERS ONLINE and millions of other Americans.

1 in 7--Ratio of people in the U.S. who receive help from the federal government to put food on the table.

1/3--Proportion of food in the world intended for human consumption that is lost or wasted--some 1.3 billion metric tons--as estimated by a report commissioned by the Unites Nations.
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Check Green America's "Good Food: The Joy, Health and Security of It" and learn why local food, organic food, fairly traded food, and lower meat consumption contribute to the health of the planet as well as our own health: http://www.greenamerica.org/PDF/CAQ60.pdf

Much of what we pay for food is for it's transportation to our nearby stores. By buying locally grown food, we save the "unseen" environmental costs. Read more at the Sierra Club website: http://www.sierraclub.org/truecostoffood/


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