As a shopper who is concerned about the health, environmental, ethical, and socio-economic hazards of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) and industrial-scale factory farms or CAFOs (Confined Animal Feeding Operations), I strongly believe that we have an inalienable right, as citizens, to know whether the food we are purchasing likely contains Genetically Modified ingredients (specifically soy, corn, cottonseed oil, canola, sugar beets or GM growth hormones) or comes from animals confined in CAFOs.
Although "USDA Organic" standards and labels prohibit the use of GMOs or CAFO confinement practices, the overwhelming majority of non-organic foods in grocery stores or supermarkets do not reveal whether or not they likely contain GMOs or come from a factory farm supply chain.