from "Living Cuisine" by Renee Loux Underkoffler
More than 50% of soybeans, 35% of corn, and 65% of canola grown in the United States are GMO foods. Three quarters of the world's crops of soybeans, corn and canola are grown in the United States.
 
The best compost for the land is the wise master's feet and hands. ~Robert Herrick (1591-1674)
 
According to the 1993 Consumer Report:

• 71% of those surveyed were concerned about pesticides in food.


• 82% of those surveyed would buy only organic food if it was available.


• 84% of those surveyed believed the government should force farmers to use fewer chemicals in farming.

Several government reports conclude that 60-90% of all types of cancer in the U.S. are related to environmental factors ranging from food preservatives and additives to toxic chemical substances. ~ Douglas M. Costle, Former Director of the EPA.
 
Since the 1940s, pesticide use has increased 10-fold, but crop losses to insects have doubled. ~National REsources Defense Council.
 
The greatest danger of [chemical agriculture] pollution may well be that we shall tolerate levels of it so low as to have no acute nuisance value, but sufficiently high, nevertheless, to cause delayed disease and spoil the quality of life. ~Rene Dubois, Environmental Scientist.
 
The "Poverty & Hunger" report published by the World Bank concludes that there is no shortage of food on the planet, but that hunger is a problem of distribution, economics and politics.