You had to know this was coming. It’s been on my mind almost daily for months. It’s been a consideration of mine for at least a couple of years.

     A couple of years ago I remembered hearing about foods that were being genetically engineered. “Huh” I thought. That doesn’t seem like a good idea. I have a deep seeded worry about screwing too much with nature. In most cases, on a very logical level, nature knows best. And even as a fledgling “modern hippy” I knew that. But I thought, while shopping through Central Market, it’s years off. There isn’t anything to worry about. Besides, they would have to label it.

     In my reading, I have found all my impressions of safety, for that time, were unfounded. It was released. We weren’t told, or even asked. It’s not labeled. They don’t want it labeled. It’s not exactly the same. It hasn’t been properly tested to the fullest extent. It’s worth billions. We’ve been eating it for years. Yup, eating it for years. And making a few companies billions richer.

     I will be writing a blog series about genetically modified/engineered organisms. I want to cover the following topics and questions:

• Generally is it safe?
• Has it been tested?
• What if anything is different about GM food versus “normal” food?
• How much of it do we eat?
• How do they genetically modify something?
• What is being made public, what is being covered up?
• What in the world can we do?
• And much much more

     What I can tell you now is it’s not pretty. It’s not going to make you happy or feel safe. It might make you hate people, the government, corporations, money – sounds dramatic I know, but they would be valid reactions. Or it might make you feel nothing( I sincerely hope this is not the case). I hope, if nothing else, you’ll learn a little bit and try to think for yourselves.