GMO sugar Boycott

I get a lot of agricultural news that I'm not sure makes it out to the general public - but should!  I know we should be avoiding sugar, but it is very difficult to get away from it, it's in so much of our food.  

 ALERT: American Crystal Says Yes to GMO, Say No to American Crystal

" A federal judge has ruled that the government illegally approved genetically engineered sugar beets without adequately considering the chance that they will contaminate other beet crops. Judge Jeffrey S. White emphasized that “the potential elimination of a farmer’s choice to grow non-genetically engineered crops, or a consumer’s choice to eat non-genetically engineered food, and an action that potentially eliminates or reduces the availability of a particular plant, has a significant effect on the human environment.”

Despite the ruling, American Crystal Sugar, the nation's largest sugar beet processor, is still pro-GE. American Crystal President David Berg told the New York Times he thought customer acceptance of GE sugar was "a big nonevent."

Read the rest, and send an email to David Berg,  here: 

http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/642/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=12700