Do you yourself eat GMOs, and do you find other biotech experts eat GMOs? Or is it the case that top-level biotech advocates in high political positions do things like eat organic food out of their own gardens?

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Tuesday, 08/10/2013 13:33

We suggest you read our responses to similar questions on GMO Answers:

• Do you eat your GMO foods?
• What's this about Monsanto executives having their own private organic farms in their HQ and feeding their family organic foods? If their food is so safe why won't they eat it?
• I have learned that Monsanto employees do not allow GMO food to be served in their own cafeteria. Is that true? If so, why? Can you provide proof of your answers?
• If GMOs are so great, why does Monsanto serve organic produce in it's cafeteria?
• If GMO is so safe then why are Monsanto campuses 100% non-GMO and Organic. In other words why don't your own scientist eat your frankin-food. Seems to me pretty telling that if the guys that make this crud won't eat it then the general public probably shouldn't. Then there's the little problem of almost EVERY other nation on the planet has banned GMO. So why are you guys trying to push this crud on the American people?

A passage from one of the responses, provided by Kelly Clauss, senior managerof corporate affairs at Monsanto, reads: “We do not have a private organic farm for our executives.  All of us purchase food for our families at grocery stores in the communities where we live and work, and our cafeterias serve all types of food—including foods with ingredients from GM crops—every day.”

A passage from another response reads: "In fact, in August 2013, our cafeteria specifically featured special menu items that include GM sweet corn and held a farmer’s market to directly offer employees an opportunity to purchase GM sweet corn.  More information (including photos and videos) is available on Monsanto’s blog."

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