| − | The Non-GMO Project is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization which works to identify products which are not affected by artificial genetic engineering. Through outreach, education, and market support, they work to support organic farming and provide safe food options to consumers.<ref>http://www.nongmoproject.org/about</ref> One of their main purposes is to provide non-GMO labeling, since GMO labeling is at this time illegal. | + | The Non-GMO Project is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization which works to identify products which are not affected by artificial genetic engineering. Through outreach, education, and market support, they work to support organic farming and provide safe food options to consumers.<ref name="NGMOP About">http://www.nongmoproject.org/about</ref> One of their main purposes is to provide non-GMO labeling, since GMO labeling is at this time illegal. |
| − | Products are evaluated based on the Non-GMO Project Standard, which is a document designed by dozens of industry experts to define what is truly free of genetically modified organisms. | + | Products are evaluated based on the Non-GMO Project Standard, which is a document designed by dozens of industry experts to define what is truly free of genetically modified organisms.<ref name="NGMOP About">http://www.nongmoproject.org/about</ref> |
| − | The project was started in 2007 by two grocery stores, The Natural Grocery Company (in Berkeley, California), and The Big Carrot Natural Food Market (in Toronto, Ontario). They had already been working to provide GMO-free options, and this was a better way they developed to further than goal.<ref>http://www.nongmoproject.org/about/history</ref> They have remained active in these two countries, the [[United States]] and [[Canada]] since then. | + | The project was started in 2007 by two grocery stores, The Natural Grocery Company (in Berkeley, California), and The Big Carrot Natural Food Market (in Toronto, Ontario). They had already been working to provide GMO-free options, and this was a better way they developed to further than goal.<ref>http://www.nongmoproject.org/about/history</ref> They have remained active in these two countries, the [[United States]] and [[Canada]], since then. |