GLYPHOSATE IN OUR FOOD

There is glyphosate in our food, including infant cereal. Glyphosate is the most widely used herbicide in the world.

Tony Mitra, a retired engineer living in Vancouver, asked the CFIA for test data on glyphosate, and they provided it this year. The CFIA (Canadian Food Inspection Agency) has been testing the food in Canada for only about 2 years.

Mr. Mitra has found (so far):

Infant cereals are contaminated, except for Nature’s Path Organic and imports from Germany, Poland and Switzerland.
Wheat and its products are contaminated. Bran is extremely high on a relative basis. Organic is better in all wheat cases.
Gluten-free products are relatively high. Organic gluten-free products are much lower.
Rice is not bad, especially from India and Thailand. No mention so far of organic.
Legumes from the US and Canada are contaminated, especially garbanzos/ chickpeas. No mention so far of organic. Chinese imports appear to not contain glyphosate.
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Past Events

Farm to Fork On Common Ground

September 24-25, 2016
Presented by Toronto Non-GMO Coalition/Safe Food Matters and Historic Fort York.

Farm to Fork On Common Ground celebrated the harvest season and national Organic Week with a festival of safe and healthy food, music, arts, and community. Featuring an Ontario organic farmers’ market, organic beer and wine, dozens of Non-GMO and organic food vendors, well-researched speakers, soulful music, Indigenous artists and elders, food workshops, environmental defenders, and of course food safety and seed freedom educators.

 

Celebrate Farm to Fork ~ Toronto GMO-Free Festival

May 20, 2017
Presented by the Toronto Non-GMO Coalition/Safe Food Matters and the David Suzuki Foundation.

Celebrate Farm to Fork, Toronto’s only GMO-free & organic food festival celebrated Ontario’s thriving non-GMO and organic sector. Educating consumers on where our food comes from, the festival featured local food system, pesticide and organic agriculture experts, local musicians, environmental exhibitors and safe food vendors.