GMO Information

NOFA-NH takes a united stance with all of the NOFA Chapters in the fight against GMO's. NOFA-NH has recently signed on in support of the "Just Label It" campaign, to petition the FDA to provide labeling for GMO food products.  For more information and to sign the petition visit www.justlabelit.org

The following statement highlights NOFA's position in GMO Legislation:

As one of the oldest organic farming organizations in the country, NOFA has long been working against the hegemony of the biotech corporations in agriculture. Coordinated at the interstate level through the Interstate Council Policy Committee (IC-PC), earlier this year the seven NOFA state chapters registered as plaintiffs in a major lawsuit challenging Monsanto's patents on genetically modified seed. Titled Organic Seed Growers & Trade Association (OSGATA), et al. v. Monsanto the unprecedented legal action is being brought by the Public Patent (PUBPAT) Foundation with 83 farming groups and individuals from across the nation.

In addition, NOFA is working with fellow regional, national and international coalition members on GMO policy to leverage expertise and coordinate grassroots responses - including the North East Sustainable Agriculture Working Group (NESAWG), the National Organic Coalition (NOC), the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) and the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM). Meanwhile, NOFA chapters are ramping up statewide campaigns and legislative initiatives as well as featuring GMO awareness at their winter conferences and websites.

And as it turns out there's a LOT for citizens to learn about GMOs and their impacts - from health and environmental effects to the machinations of power politics and agribusiness as usual.