Livestock in the United States is in terrible shape due to the abusive ways of raising them. They carry bovine encephalopathy, Johnes disease (which incidentally, is NOT destroyed by pasteurization) and hundreds of other diseases, etc. They are totally abused in agribusiness with baby chicks having their beaks chopped off sometimes taking it all, pigs having sticks stuck up their behinds, chickens being beaten to death, pigs in cages never able to turn around in their entire lives, cows being electro shocked, water boarded, fork lifted and raised in confined animal feeding operations where they stand on cement and sleep 24/7 in a cage too small to turn around in, all those videos about the abuse of these animals are out there. This is not good for an animal’s health and in turn very unhealthy eating for the American citizens. Big business only cares about their wallets. We need a total change in how these animals are used for food. What is going on is degenerate and depraved. This genetic engineering is abusive and needs to be stopped now!

I strongly believe that selling genetically engineered animals for food (human or
otherwise) should be banned in the United States. With all the progress made in
diagnosing and treating cancer, it continues to be on the rise. This is not to
mention the numerous other diseases that are cropping up around the world, such
as bird flu and flesh-eating disease that affect animals and now humans. How
many more are there that we do not know about or are not being told about? I
believe this is the result of mankind’s intervention with nature and it needs to stop
now! I worked in a research and development company for chemical engineers and have a strong appreciation for science and technology, but it is time to look back and deal with the consequences of mistakes made in the past. It is not smart to barge ahead not knowing what the long-term consequences of messing with our food supply will be. I vote NO on GMOs and YES to have labels on foods that do contain GMOs!

Genetically engineering of animals for consumption is a very scary idea. Big greedy companies that are lobbying for this are dead set on it and it needs to be labeled so informed consumers will have a choice whether or not to purchase these Franken foods. It is hard enough to try to discern GE and irradiated vegetables. Our family currently raises a lot of our own food; and what we can’t raise at home, we buy from local organic farmers that grass-feed their animals, without the hormone RGbH, and antibiotics. The current health care crisis wouldn’t be in so much trouble if Americans really knew about all the toxins in our food supply. Are we not a sick enough nation yet? Hasn’t anyone at the FDA figured out how our food is making us sick and yet everyday there is worse news (e-coli on spinach and lettuce) which incidently comes from the huge animal factory farm waste that seeps into the aquafer or ground water that is subsequently brought up to water the organic crops a mile away! Is there some kind of gag order out there that this is such a little know fact?

Jennifer @1840Farm