2008 Woodie Awards
Letters to the Editor
Issue date: 3/30/06 Section: Opinions
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To the Editor:
Many Vermonters have heard of GMOs, or Genetically Modified Organisms, especially in light of the discussion about the Farmer Protection Act. Despite all of this publicity, many people still have questions about GMOs. What are GMOs? And why do the European Union, Japan and others refuse to buy GMO foods? What are the benefits of growing GE crops? What are the risks? These are all questions that we should be able to answer. After all, this is not only about the food that we eat, and that our friends and family eat every day (70 percent of processed foods contain GMOs).
This is also about genes: new, man-made DNA that will be here for the rest of time. When the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approves a drug and later finds out about adverse side effects, it is easy to take the drug off the market. But if the FDA finds problems with GMO foods down the road, how will they get all of the altered DNA out of our crops and food supply?
They won't be able to. One would think that the FDA would not allow GMOs in our food supply if they had not first been proven safe for consumption. But can we be so sure when the person who wrote the FDA regulations allowing GMO foods also worked for the companies who sell GMO seeds? If you want to find out more about GMOs, please come to a showing of "The Future of Food."
This documentary is very up-to-date, and will answer all of these questions and more. There is a FREE showing scheduled for Wednesday, March 29, at 7 p.m. at the Ilsley Library Meeting Room in Middlebury. There is also a showing at the Hartland Library on Friday, March 31, at 7:30 p.m. I hope you can make it.
Sincerely,
Kate Corrigan
Shoreham, Vt.
To the Editor:
In the March 16 edition of The Middlebury Campus, the newspaper staff criticized the Middlebury College Activities Board (MCAB) in the "Winners & Losers" weekly report. MCAB is blamed for not showing an early screening of "The Chronicles of Narnia," and for the 9:30 p.m. screening starting late, on Friday, March 10. Please keep in mind that MCAB provides a service - a free service in regard to the Free Friday Film series - to the College community.
Many Vermonters have heard of GMOs, or Genetically Modified Organisms, especially in light of the discussion about the Farmer Protection Act. Despite all of this publicity, many people still have questions about GMOs. What are GMOs? And why do the European Union, Japan and others refuse to buy GMO foods? What are the benefits of growing GE crops? What are the risks? These are all questions that we should be able to answer. After all, this is not only about the food that we eat, and that our friends and family eat every day (70 percent of processed foods contain GMOs).
This is also about genes: new, man-made DNA that will be here for the rest of time. When the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approves a drug and later finds out about adverse side effects, it is easy to take the drug off the market. But if the FDA finds problems with GMO foods down the road, how will they get all of the altered DNA out of our crops and food supply?
They won't be able to. One would think that the FDA would not allow GMOs in our food supply if they had not first been proven safe for consumption. But can we be so sure when the person who wrote the FDA regulations allowing GMO foods also worked for the companies who sell GMO seeds? If you want to find out more about GMOs, please come to a showing of "The Future of Food."
This documentary is very up-to-date, and will answer all of these questions and more. There is a FREE showing scheduled for Wednesday, March 29, at 7 p.m. at the Ilsley Library Meeting Room in Middlebury. There is also a showing at the Hartland Library on Friday, March 31, at 7:30 p.m. I hope you can make it.
Sincerely,
Kate Corrigan
Shoreham, Vt.
To the Editor:
In the March 16 edition of The Middlebury Campus, the newspaper staff criticized the Middlebury College Activities Board (MCAB) in the "Winners & Losers" weekly report. MCAB is blamed for not showing an early screening of "The Chronicles of Narnia," and for the 9:30 p.m. screening starting late, on Friday, March 10. Please keep in mind that MCAB provides a service - a free service in regard to the Free Friday Film series - to the College community.