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Boycott Kellogg's—Take Action Today

Organic Consumers Association and allies sent a letter to Kellogg's on June 12, requesting that Kellogg's not use sugar from genetically engineered sugar beets in its products or face a consumer boycott.

Read OCA's Letter to Kellogg's here.

Kellogg's has responded, claiming that US consumers do not care if their food contains Genetically Engineered (GE) food or not.

Read Kellogg's Response to OCA's letter.

However, poll after poll have demonstrated that Americans want GE foods labeled and restricted.

GE Sugar Beets are untested, unlabeled and will increase the use of toxic herbicides.

As a consumer I will be boycotting all Kellogg's products, including Kellogg's subsidiary Morningstar Farms, until your company commits to source non-genetically engineered sugar. 

As you know, roughly half of all granulated sugar in the U.S. is derived from sugar beets. Consumers leery of genetically engineered products cannot rely on packaging labels indicating which products contain genetically engineered ingredients and which do not. As a result, I will seek out products from companies that have publicly stated that they do not use genetically engineered ingredients and/or products that are USDA certified organic.

One need only look at the history of genetically engineered crops to see that the promises made by the biotech industry starkly contrast the reality. 

-Roundup Ready corn and soy have led to an increase of herbicide use, not a decrease. 

-The increased use of Roundup on Roundup Ready crops has led to the advancement of superweeds that are resistant to this herbicide.

-Consumer resistance to genetically engineered foods will affect profit margins of your company and its supporting farmers.

-Studies consistently show that biotech cannot feed the world. The United Nation's own reports indicate that crop yields for organic operations that have been in place for 3 years or more are higher than biotech chemically intensive operations.

Please reconsider your decision and publicly commit to sourcing non-genetically engineered sugar.

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