NON-GMO

Since her earliest work in nutrition, Kim Bright, founder of Sweet Wheat, Inc. has
championed natural food and a natural dietary balance. She has demonstrated that organic
food grown in nutrient rich soil can help people build disease-resistant bodies.

As a part of her effort to educate consumers, Kim has long been a strong advocate for the
proper labeling, if not the complete removal, of Genetically Modified Organisms for more than a decade.

What are Genetic Modified Organisms?

Not to be mistaken for selective breeding, cross pollination or plant grafting that has
been used successfully since the beginning of the agricultural revolution, Genetically Modified Organisms,
or GMOs, are significantly different.

In recent years, commercial agriculture and “biotech” companies have had scientists
working to splice genes from one organism into the DNA of another to create products based solely on
the perception of commercial viability.  This effort of creating a new plant variety in the laboratory
at the genetic level is very different.  The efforts often fall far short of not only long term commercial
viability, but also can create strains and products that are in fact detrimental to society's health.  Some of the dangers include:

GMO Corn

Virtually all corn grown in the US has been genetically engineered,
including corn used in corn oil, corn syrup, breakfast cereals, livestock feed, and thousands
of other products. Some animals fed this corn have developed problems including leukemia, high
blood pressure, allergies, increased blood sugar and cancer.

Third World

Poor parts of the world are particularly vulnerable to these GMO plants, as such plants may
grow for only one season, and then must be replanted from newly purchased biotech seed. This
prevents such countries from establishing their agricultural base and creates a crippling dependency
upon these “biotech” companies.  

Additionally, these plants, along with the associated eco-systems, cannot develop for these
environments. While most plants will adapt over time and build a locally ecology-based immune system,
this reseeding prevents this.

Economics and the Environment

GMO products that promise efficiency, pose an economic and environmental threat. A GMO
wine yeast, designed to compress two fermentation steps into one, was declared safe by the FDA
based on the developer’s data with no government testing.

To date, there have been no long-term studies to indicate what kinds and levels of toxicity might
develop in the wine, or if GMO yeasts could contaminate delicate traditional wine yeasts through the
air, surface waste, or water runoff, lessening the quality of wine of the whole region. Since only the
US permits unlabeled GMO products to enter the market, foreign buyers are beginning to avoid all California wines.

What can be done about this?

To address these problems, many grass root organizations have been formed.

The Campaign to Label Genetically Engineered Foods

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A grass-roots political organization formed for the responsible legislation on the biotech industry. 
This legislation includes:  

• The Genetically Engineered Food Right to Know Act
• The Genetically Engineered Food Safety Act
• The Genetically Engineered Crop and Animal Farmer Protection Act
• The Genetically Engineered Pharmaceutical and Industrial Crop Safety Act
• The Genetically Engineered Organism Liability Act
• The Real Solutions to World Hunger Act

For further information on this, or to find out what you can do to assist in advancing this
legislation, please visit: http://www.thecampaign.org