As a follow up to his list of 4 problems that GMO labeling won’t solve, Nathanael Johnson of the environmental website Grist countdown 10 issues that he sees are more important than labeling GMOs.
10. Ban the advertising of unhealthy foods to kids, or at least stop giving companies a tax break for these ads.
9. Protect the most fertile lands from being covered in concrete.
8. Eliminate subsidies for agriculture.
7. Institute measures to improve farm animal welfare.
6. Pay farmers for ecological services — like sheltering wildlife, sequestering carbon, and protecting watersheds.
5. Tax sugar.
4. Eliminate use of medically important antibiotics in agriculture.
3. Guarantee the right to good food (perhaps through programs like this), and spend a little money up front so that we don’t have to spend so much later on diet-related disease.
2. Guarantee farmworkers’ right to make a decent wage without being sexually abused or exposed to unsafe chemicals.
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