Draw the Line on Glyphosate

New Zealand Food Safety (through FSANZ and MPI) is proposing to raise the allowable levels of glyphosate residue in some of our everyday kai. Wheat, oats, barley and peas. The staples.

As a synthetic chemical herbicide - glyphosate (the active compound in Roundup) is often sprayed pre-harvest to speed up the drying process. It lingers in the food, then it ends up in our bodies, our waterways, and in our soils - now being found in many places it shouldn’t.

NZ Food Safety wants to bump the residue limits 60 to 100 times higher.

We think this is ridiculous, especially when the World Health Organisation says it's "probably carcinogenic." It's been linked to reproductive harm, antibiotic resistance and endocrine disruption even at low doses.

These proposed changes would make it harder for organic and regenerative farmers who are trying to do the right thing for Papatūānuku, whilst at the same time fuelling chronic inflammatory gut issues which are on the rise globally.

Alongside destroying the lining of the human gut microbiome., it risks our international reputation. It undermines trust in our food systems.

At Mangaroa we grow kai that feeds the soil, the plants, the people and the planet. Not poison it. Now more than ever, it's time to hold the line.

Head to the link below to read more, sign the petition, and make a submission. https://www.oanz.org/new-blog/say-no-to-more-glyphosate-in-our-food-submissions-open-now

Big thanks to our friends at @organicsaotearoa for keeping this kaupapa in the spotlight.