How to Become Gluten Intolerant
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Nobody—absolutely nobody—can tell the difference between sugar that comes from GMO crops and sugar that doesn’t. You can even have expert scientists study it at the molecular level using ultra-powerful gas-spectrometer analysis. And still, nobody can tell the difference. So why would anybody want the U.S. Department of Agriculture to try?
They claim that the variety will lead to yet another wave of “superweeds”—hardy weeds that have developed a resistance to one herbicide, often requiring additional sprayings of other herbicides.
Let’s unpack the superweeds debate. The word, which is not used by scientists, is actually a misnomer.
Superweeds are just plain weeds that are not easy to kill—like tiny dandelions whose super power is the ability to crouch real low and avoid being cut down by mowers. And efforts by food companies to remove any “GMO” from their supply chain won’t help resist resistance — in fact, these efforts might make resistance worse.
Soon after the inauguration, the Obamas gave Big Food a case of heartburn when, in the spring of 2009, Michelle Obama planted an organic vegetable garden on the White House lawn, a symbolic but nevertheless powerful act that thrilled the food movement. The first lady also helped establish a farmers’ market a block from the White House; a photo op featured her heaping a market basket with local produce and singing the praises of fresh vegetables.
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