Sales of foods labeled as "non-GMO" have apparently skyrocketed, much to the chagrin of organic food producers.
Peggy Lowe of National Public Radio (NPR) notes that sales of foods labeled as "non-GMO" have skyrocketed, much to the chagrin of organic food producers. Apparently, those sales are coming at their expense. Ms. Lowe notes that consumers believe they are obtaining the "health halo" of better food with non-GMOs without the higher expense of organic. This is forcing organic producers to revise their strategy.The NPR piece does not say it, but the irony should be appreciated by conventional farmers and food makers that it is the organic food industry that worked hard to build antipathy toward GMOs in a calculation that consumers wo...
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