Great news for New Yorkers who want to know if their food contains genetically modified organisms. #GMO label Bill A.617 just successfully voted out of Assembly Consumer Affairs & Protection Committee in a 9 to 6 vote, and now it needs to make it through a Codes Committee.
Assemblymember Linda Rosenthal of Manhattan sponsored A00617, and State Senator Ken LaValle of Suffolk sponsored S00485 for mandatory GMO labeling in New York. Make sure you thank them, first and foremost.
New York residents can take further action to keep this positive momentum going, and they should. The room was filled with Big Ag and Biotech special interests and the NY Farm Bureau, all lobbyists who would like to keep GMOs from being labeled. Aside from the assemblymembers themselves, there were only five NY GMO Labeling Coalition representatives to counter Big Food talking points, but chair Dinowitz apparently did a stand up job rebutting biotech claims.
If you live in New York, please CALL & EMAIL your Assemblymember and your State Senator today. Let them know that you demand mandatory labeling of GMOs, and urge them to sponsor their respective bills to pass GMO labeling this year. If your representative is already a co-sponsor, let them know that you support this important stand they are taking against companies like Monsanto, Dow, Bayer, and Syngenta.
Read: Bill Demanding GMO Labeling Introduced in Rhode Island
To check to see if your Assemblymember has co-sponsored Bill A00617, check this link.
You can also visit righttoknnow-gmo.org to join thousands of other New Yorkers who want and end to biotech meddling in our food supply.
To help New York require food makers to label all GM food, you can also visit this site.
Will New York be the next state to label GMOs? Arizona, Massachusetts, Indiana, California, Rhode Island, and numerous other states are working hard to pass GMO labeling initiatives. With more states joining the line up and eventually passing GMO labeling measures, we come closer to instituting a nation-wide GMO labeling law.
i hope it passes as it will only spur the federal government to take action and kill all of the state initiatives.
Great Business model: rely on corrupt politicians to keep consumers in the dark and allow the US to continue to be one of the only developed nations not to at least label these poisons. Your dream would also go against the tenth amendment:
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
Sorry, but congress has the right to control interstate commerce. How much sense does it make to have each state with a different law and end of with fifty different labels. Get real and actually use your brain.
Read the amendment and use your brain, the founders knew that the federal government was easiest to corrupt and therefore limited it’s power. Local municipalities always reserve the right to be more restrictive than the Feds, that is why some counties don’t allow the sale of alcohol. The federal role in interstate commerce is limited to resolving disputes between the states not taking away the people’s right to know what they are eating. If you think gmos are so great you should be proud to label them.
Why label? you already have organic and non gmo labels? Why make people pay more for food when the overwhelming majority already knows it is safe and are fine with it? Funny, how every time it has been put to a vote by the people they have voted it down. I guess that makes the average person much smarter than you, but after all it didn’t take much.
National polls like that done by consumer reports routinely show 80-90% plus want Gmo to be labeled. The only reason those measures did not pass was the huge amount of money spent to buy votes and lie to people. They almost got away with it here until the spending numbers were released showing all funding was provided by Monsanto and Dow. We are obviously a more educated voting group than the states you mentioned as three of our four counties have basically banned Gmo. Vermont, Maine and several other states in New England have passed labeling and that is why you want the Feds to block labeling. Most people are just waking up to this situation and that is why your afraid of labels and resorting to name calling. As you said in an earlier post many people don’t know about Gmo. As I have experience in packaging our products I know it costs nothing to add a label. We’re not charged based on the amount of words used on a label. False scare tactics like that are a losing battle. If it’s so great you should be proud to label it.
There’s nothing funny about harming every life system with no conscience or truth in science to what has been allowed to genetically contaminate when gmo’s were opposed and petitioned to be investigated , responsible entities will be wearing labels real quick the criminal ones.
Why not tell the whole truth? The Swiss government studied gmos for four years in their climates and in their labs, they concluded no health risks, but for their farmers the also seen no benefits. Before you jump on that statement you need to learn about their agriculture system, which is true for several of the European countries. They are under strict production quotas so better yield does them little good. The prices are set by the government, and furthermore they are so far north they plant very little of the main gmo products, corn and soybeans. The government also only put a temporary ban on gmos and will reevaluate them in 2017 to see if things have changed.
Blah Blah Blah……. Switzerland GM crop Bans in place until heard again in 2017. GMO’s,
Germany,Ireland bans all GMO crops, France reinstates maize ban in 2012 that High Court overturned for Monsanto’s MON810 GM CORN IN 2008.
Bulgaria Hungary Luxembourg Greece Austria=BANNED GM Crops and Sales
Madeira complete GM BAN, Mexico District Court Maize planting Ban test plots inclusive Japan bans gm crops however has unfortunately found its contaminant delivery paths of gm canola varieties growing wildly along roadsides.
New Zealand , Venezuela, US citizens,community moratoriums against GM agricultures gaining see CA etc…
Take steps forward take steps backwards its like trying to turn around on a one way street . The scientists,farmers ,consumers against 90 day allowance to this gmo experiment on this world is coming to full circle, very complex and definitely warranted. Bring on the transparencies in facts ,rights ,liabilities and the rules that have become genetically compromised.
Strange how a lot of these countries that have banned growing them do not have any problem importing and using them.
Ever heard of Trade Sanctions when disagreements happen in world trade Corporate /Industry policies. At least they were successful keeping GMO out of their soils. These countries respect choice and label them also.
Lol, these countries raise very few of the gmo crops that are available today. That is like Hawaii banning all gmos except for papayas which they need.
We do not need Gmo papaya, ring spot virus was a small cosmetic issue. The switch to gmo ended the majority of our states papaya sales. We went from over 30 million a year to less than 3 mill as Asian exports almost immediately evaporated due to consumer preference. Due to the US having the weakest regulation of Gmo and our isolated location with four corn cycles per year we have become the test site that develops the majority of the worlds poisonous Gmo crops. Being on the frontline we have seen the damage and are waking up in droves. Three of our four counties have already voted against GMO despite Monsanto/Dow paying for the most expensive campaign in our states history they still lost.
Thank you so much Kanawai for posting this info, anti gmo Americans thank Hawaiian citizens and your leadership who listened and enacted your citizens proposed moratorium for gmo free zones. It is a universal sadness when money can silence humanity, Stay strong you have great influence and knowledge with experience and America is listening and defending that voice roaring to be heard.
How about what you think and can’t comprehend becomes banned? Papayas were growing in Hawaii before gmo’s infected them and were growing fine without them. The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree the rotten apple that won’t turn brown invisibly deceptive .
The paya was being devastated by disease just like oranges are in Florida.
Many farmers complaining of the tons of roundup needed to soak that contaminant genetic shit is on the rise as well as changing from ge/gmo animal feed that has sickened animals. Oh yes the awful truth is coming forth composed of negative impacts from genetic tampering gone mad.
While it is true that roundup needs some help on certain weeds niow simply putting on tons more isn’t happening, because it simply doesn’t work. If a weed is resistant then it doesn’t really matter how much you use now does it? There are also strict limits on how much can be applied and when it maybe applied to a crop. As far as the animals are concerned, most have eaten it for the last fifteen plus years all with zero problems.
Everything I posted is very available for any interested person to find and nature has a reaction to any threat against its living systems. “Most have eaten it …” That word most means UNREPORTED animal health from genetic feed results and switches from it.
IF THE PACKAGE DOES NOT SAY GMO FREE OR ORGANIC THEN IT IS NOT! NO NEED FOR RELABELING!!! This is just more proof that most people must not read anything anyway.
“No need for relabeling” Ha Ha you got that right the aim is to ban GMO There is a serious need for lawful investigations and amending the rules and regulations of the FDA USDA allowances on supposed Organic, natural and sadly non gmo labeling. Parts per million meaning there are parts per million synthetic surprise-allowances found in all the 3 listed and are allowed to be falsely labeled natural, organic and non gmo factory foods. The facts are in these agencies rules as they are also bullying the NOSB to change their allowances and sunshine rules
Local farm markets and natural stores will be the only truth in organic natural and non gmo foods
Shop local and plant your own gardens community supported agriculture = ORGANIC
What makes local farm markets so safe? You really have that much faith in people with no oversite not to label something organic just to get a much higher price?
There still exists many people on this earth that weigh their words and deeds as gold and respect truth. Some global anti-gmo a citizens are flaming those bitter roots literally burning the gmo crop fields. What more could be practiced to show the integrity of 100% Natural food/farming sovereignty. There you have it that oversight has flames rising against it. I have yet to meet an organic farmer who would not extend an invitation to experience their organic production methods. They stand in honor of nature’s truth and food’s natural/health sovereignty. Its the regulations of food ingredients/ labels not the people who have acquired knowledge in crop yields absent of these patented contaminants.
Come on over to the midwest and try to burn our crops. We have plenty of guns to fight back with.
LOL You mean water guns….. No one has threatened you either so take heed what you are responsible in posting. LMAO bringing a gun to a fire fight with possible droughts occurring and or water restrictions in effect.
No water restrictions here so take care. Us rednecks protect what is ours.
you do know the top people in the FDA (fraud, death, agency) came from mon satan right. no fricken wonder they were ok’d. GMO roberts can you even think or connect the dots. I am not taking about the 1st grader ones but they are probably the only ones you have a clue about.
You know you would come up with a conspiracy theory no matter the case. I don’t care who is running the show, the results, including the real independent ones all confirm gmos safety.
including the real independent ones………lol I darn near puked I was laughing so hard. Independent ya right! who paid for this so called independent study? easy way to figure out many things is motive or follow the money. you are going to be so much fun feeding crow and exposing!
Google gmo dangerous talk and you can see both of the industry funded and independent ones as well. I can’t help it that you are so closed minded and biased that you can’t see the truth.
ya I’m closed minded because I want to believe we are being forced to eat poison gmo’s. WTF!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDlmlXiuuDU
I did the search and found this interesting article,
Ex-Biotech Scientist Gives TED Talk on the Dangers of GMOs
Thierry Vrain
is a former research scientist for Agriculture Canada. He now promotes
awareness of the dangers of genetically modified foods.
For most of Thierry Vrain’s career, he supported the cultivation and
consumption of GM crops, but in the last 10 years he has changed his
position because of the flow of published studies coming from Europe,
some from prestigious labs and published in prestigious scientific
journals, that questioned the impact and safety of engineered food.
He
refutes the claims of the biotechnology companies that their engineered
crops yield more, that they require less pesticide applications, that
they have no impact on the environment and of course that they are safe to eat.
http://www.gmeducation.org/blog/p213452-ex-biotech-scientist-gives-ted-talk-on-the-dangers-of-gmos.html
“GMO foods and feeds are controversial… long term nutritional consumption and chronic exposure. Potential concerns nutritional quality, toxicity, antibiotic resistance and allergenicity of consumption of gm foods The approval process of GM foods is considered inadequate” Oh man what excellent sources which are
(IAAST)International Assessment of Agriculture Knowledge Science and Technology for Development, co-sponsored by the WHO, The World Bank, (FAO) Food and Agriculture Organization, the United Nations Environment Program(UNEP).the United Nation’s Development Program (UNDP), the Global Environment Facility(GEF), and the United Nations Educational and Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)= 900 participants and 110 Countries from all regions of the world .
Check this out:
http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000000055
so that “Us rednecks” Hmmm an imaginary genetic friend that apparently has complicated your reasoning. However no droughts is some good news to hear Because in America we stand together United when we are defending the necessary resources for health and the futures of our planet and our people .
Yes, we do like food. So come and bring your torches and see the defenses.
Defense= Every U.S. State and community has plenty of ammunition built upon their state’s ,person’s privileges’- people’s initiatives as with state legislation and or courts for protection and freedoms of the people. Do not attempt to hide the fact you threatened with guns (posted here by you) to defend gmo food contaminants. at least you labeled your mask of discredit.
Yes I will defend my property no doubt about it. No one wants trouble, but ready for it if it happens.
Interesting comment. I am getting a better picture of your character.
I have read over what Autumn said a couple of times and it didn’t appear to me that she was indicating any type of threat on your crops was eminent . I think you are overacting too much and your comment is leaning towards fear-mongering.
Thank you John As I was reporting world news events which I had no part in But do admire the determination that others exhibited in preventing gmo contaminants uncontrollable spread and damages.
Nothing much has changed. It may still necessitate civil disobedience to overcome unfair government-company collusion that has taken basic rights away from individual citizens. Thanks for bringing this to light.
you don’t have any crops. you sit at the computer day and night spreading lies about how wonderful gmo’s are. going along with this genocide bs will bring you to the everlasting lake of fire. repent before it is to late.
Gmos forever!! True I don’t farm, but I supply products for about thirty thousand acres, not a huge amount in the grand scheme, but it keeps my business going.
ya and I got ocean front property in Iowa for sale. your pathetic! I mean really what kind of a freak sits around evil mon satan’s gmo’s all day and night?
If you can’t handle he truth that is your problem. My company deals with gmos daily and since I own it I tend to take it rather personally when some schmuck like you that doesn’t have a clue tries to take away one of the best tools we have. I would much rather have bt corn than the tons of organophosphates we had before. Gmos have cut pesticide use per acre making farming safer for those of us that actually live it.
wow someone is butt hurt. just because you choose the evil way doesn’t mean anyone else should follow along with your lies. If they chose to after being informed of the truth and then want to fine. their blood is not on my hands. Now go back to your propaganda tel lie vision and finish your honey boo boo show. It will take your mind off your butt hurt.
If you think you hurt me then try again, your lies will never prevail. Gmos are expanding worldwide and will only keep going. Organic will always be available for you whiners that can’t handle the truth and are afraid of every conspiracy that someone can think up. So you go crawl back under your rock and hide and leave feeding the world to the farmers.
no the organic will not be around because the evil gmo’s cross contaminate. and then they get sued by the big evil mon satan that a little farmer can’t compete with. Also the chemtrails dropping aluminum among other things eventually the non gmo crops won’t grow. gee is that why gmo’s seeds are aluminum reisistant. sorry if the truth hurts. maybe you should go get some cheese to go along with you whine.
You need to get out of fantasyland pal. Chemtrails? Really? That doesn’t even deserve a reply. Not to mention that monsanto only sues if they believe a patent infringement has occurred.
a patent infringement is caused by crossed contamination. do you not read the news about organic farmers getting sued try to research or is this the only place you spread your dis info. the aluminum is coming from somewhere all over the world. why would they make the seeds resistant to it. Oh I get it, then everyone would have to buy those seeds. sounds like a little bit like monopoly and genocide hand in hand.
No a patent infringement is created by a grower when he tries to use the cross breeding to his advantage without paying the royalty. As far as your aluminum it must be lonely way out there in left field. Gmos grow just fine and so do the non gmos. You really need to come back to earth for awhile.
NO! The non gmo farmer doesn’t want gmo or he would’ve gotten the seeds in the first
place. As far as lonely no there is more and more people waking up to
reality every day. As far as chemtrails not real I’ll school ya on them and other toxins also. here’s some chemtrails for ya.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnWO5KT8IhI
one more thing your right, gmo’s are a tool. It is used for genicide. I can’t remember and don’t care to look it up but someone said. If you control a persons food supply you control that country. gee I wonder if it has to do with gmo’s.
so the Head of the FDA used to be the attorney for mon satan
and Bill Gates is a key player/owner of mon satan and talks about depopulation. AND no bells and whistles go off in your head? go figure.
I will have you eating so much crow on here you’ll be passing feather for a month! touche little girl.
Gee when are you going to start? I guess when you finish your plateful.
Is that the 2nd grader reply “I know you are but what am I?” what a joke. Anyways here comes some crow for ya ”
How to Win a GMO Debate: 10 Facts Why GM Food is Bad
Read more: http://www.care2.com/greenliving/how-to-win-a-gmo-debate-top-10-facts-why-gm-food-is-bad.html#ixzz3VdB3CSz1
this article and many like it are all over the place anyone that’s did 15 minutes of research can easily see we are being duped and our food supply is being monopolized and is also involved in genacide.
it is obvious your job is spreading dis info the the public and are employed by mon satan.
you’ll be judged by your works and your outcome don’t look good.
I am comfortable with how I will be judged. I am also self employed for your information, and correcting your lies.
who on here do ya think your fooling? look at the replies………gee I don’t know ….connect the fricken dots. anyone that has researched this know’s gmo’s are bad unless they are on the gmo/mon satan payroll. I can spot you a mile away.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDlmlXiuuDU
What makes them unsafe? You have proof of course.
Do I have proof? No, forgive me but I have better things to do than to go to every farm market take samples and have them tested. At the same time however, given human nature what makes you think that every person at a farm market is either organic, or gmo free? Where is the documentation, other than their word? You won’t take Monsanto at their word with peer reviews so why take a total strange out to make a living with zero oversight?
Well then you fail at your attempt to convince anyone here of your validity. That is just fraud you are discredited. I wonder how many other posts are deceptions and lies on your part. No good.
You know you are the one that doesn’t except expert evidence and the cry foul someone questions an individual ethics when they can receive a bonus or claiming non gmo or organic with NO oversight. You won’t even acknowledge the possibility? That is being blinded by ethe lies that you are supporting. It would be best that you go hide in your cave and just let the world keep passing you by.
Sorry but is too late now to try and save face and try to bend back the blame on me. You have obviously been caught here on this forum unable to back up your suppositions and it shows because you are getting upset and are now resorting to ad hominem responses.
Always remember to look before you leap.
you have zero credibility Independent Organic food producers knew this industrialized take over of our food supply was in the making for years and have every right to be trusted and challenge the gmo contaminants
Good for you. You go right ahead with your blind faith, and I’m sure the overwhelming majority are honest, but I would never put it at one hundred percent.
I’m not blind to what rules this world in allowances invisibly manifesting contrary to nature. My Faith is in one Judge,understanding others are hardened so that his Glory may be known ” It is written It is mine to avenge, I will repay.”
Maui citizens God Blessed them with the language and votes needed of their approved ballot measure to temporarily suspend “further gmo/pesticide experimentation” prior to an independent commission to investigate the practices of Dow and Monsanto’s new gmo seeds and new pesticides that are not for sale on the commercial market= EXPERIMENTAL Outdoor Laboratory. Federal and State law makers have suspended the hearing on this legal call for action. Why? Because the most powerful righteous invisible hand is enforcing his judgments
“places a stumbling block and retribution for them.” Maui brought forth that WORD. Thank you God and May your Blessings pour forth on disclosing the hidden things Maui citizens have sacrificed for this truth. Amen My Faith is not blind!
Lol, it isn’t hidden it is grown on over ninety percent of the grain acres.
your comment makes no sense you are deaf and blind to the power I am speaking about its way beyond GMO’s and man but not unlike the arrogance you portray And the lie you speak GE GMO food groups and industries contributes financially to remain hidden with no intentions to label its ingredient
Sorry, but if you think GOD is worried about us changing our food then he should have started about ten thousand years ago when man first started changing his crops.
So every product on the shelves that is not marked GMO is GMO safe. Prove it.
Labeling is a good start but better to place a moratorium on all GMO open-field production until long term independent safety studies are conducted.
As a farmer, who has experimented with genetic engineering in the lab, I know the dangers of rogue proteins, reproductive issues, problems with gut bacteria that are severely disturbing and just part of the multitude of problems associated with creating new life forms. GMOs provide no benefits to farmers and have failed to deliver the promises monsanto made 15 years ago when they were introduced.
We passed our counties first ever voter iniative for a moratorium here, on Maui the frontline of the production of GMO seeds, despite being outspent by Monsanto and Dow, who paid over $8 million, the most ever spent on an election in the history of Hawaii.
We won with less than $65 k, average donation was $50. We don’t want monsanto to do to Hawaii or anywhere what they did to Anniston Alabama, where they were convicted of knowingly poisoning an entire town for decades and covering it up.
Excellent post and congratulations on the win.
GMO Food — It’s Worse Than We Thought – Dr. Russell Blaylock
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wA2GhOCtmBE