Position on GMO's
Lundberg Family Farms recognizes the importance of a natural environment, purity of the foods we eat and sustainability in agriculture. We recognize the consumer's interest in knowing how their food was produced and what ingredients are present. Lundberg Family Farms' goal is to be able to market its rice in all countries worldwide in accordance with those countries' GMO acceptance levels. We will promote a non-GMO philosophy as a way of doing business.
Lundberg Family Farms opposes the creation and propagation of genetically modified food and fiber for the following reasons:
- They may cause adverse health conditions in humans
- They may have adverse environmental and ecological impacts, as well as reduce the biodiversity of crop varieties
- They have the potential to cross over to conventional, non-modified types
- They are not generally accepted in world trade
- They have an adverse impact on organic agriculture
- They can cause a proliferation of chemical use, negatively affecting agricultural sustainability of soils and water
- They create dependence on chemical suppliers
- They create dependence on proprietary seed corporations
- Oversight of development is ineffective and once released, GMO’s may be uncontrollable
- There are not clear liability protections for farmers whose crops become contaminated with GMO’s