Chipotle, the national food chain that claims to be a healthier fast food alternative, upped the ante recently in trying to follow its motto of "Food with Integrity." Last week the company announced its food menu was going to be GMO-free, no longer containing ingredients derived from genetically engineered plants. It's not the only major national brand to make a bold change. Tyson Foods also announced recently it will stop using poultry treated with human antibiotics. Anti-GMO activists applaud the move, but a majority of scientists -- armed with decades of research -- say GMO's are safe to humans and the food chain. Do all of these changes add up to healthier food or a more sustainable environment and sustainable economy, or will marketing trump science? We look at the future of GMO's from the salsa bar to farms in the developing world.
Big Food Aims at the Socially Conscious, but Is the Food Healthier?
More
- Pew poll on public skepticism about scientific understanding on GMO's
- Iowa State University study on crop rotation, sustainability
- 'Agriculture at a Crossroads'
- Bloomberg on Chipotle removing GMO's from its menu
- Bloomberg on the EU weighing the option of national bans on biotech imports
- Center for Food Safety on the USDA's pro-pesticide bias
- Center for Food Safety on Monsanto and the USDA
- Lynas on his conversion to GMO food
- Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future on community food security
- CFP on food policy council partnerships as catalysts for food system policy change
Credits
Guests:
- Jennifer Bartashus - Bloomberg LP
- Colin O'Neil - Center for Food Safety - @ColinONeil
- Mark Lynas - Cornell Alliance for Science - @mark_lynas
- Bob Martin - Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future - @livablefuture