Cargill Link to Anti-GMO Group Spurs Criticism From Farmers
- Farmer says working with anti-GMO group is ‘slap in the face’
- Non-GMO Project helps to verify some Cargill food supplies
A Cargill Inc. sign stands in a field in the soybean-growing region near Campo Nueve, Paraguay, on Dec. 17, 2010.
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Cargill Inc.’s efforts to supply food companies with non-genetically modified ingredients have come under attack from the other side of its business: farmers.
In common with several other large agribusinesses, Cargill is adapting to a shift in consumer taste toward more products labeled non-GMO. And just like those companies, it too has agreed to allow the Non-GMO Project, a U.S. non-profit group, to verify some of its supplies to ensure they’re free of ingredients such as modified soy and corn.