8 States Support Vermont in Fight Against Monsanto and GMOs
Is yours one of them?
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The state of Vermont decided that it would listen to the people and require foods containing genetically modified ingredients (GMOs) to be labeled. But with the help of the Grocery Manufacturer’s Association (GMA), Monsanto and other biotech interests launched a lawsuit against the bill that was passed. Thankfully, Vermont stood strong and is fighting back. Now, 8 states join Vermont in saying ‘no more’ to Monsanto’s genetically modified organisms.
Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, & Washington filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in NYC in support of Vermont’s GMO labeling law.
The reason Monsanto and members of the GMA are shaking in their boots? They could end up paying $10 million a day in fines for not labeling GMOs in the state. Governor Shumlin issued a no-holes barred response to their complaint, stating:
“Here’s an idea for the industry: Just label your products. All of them, nationwide. Sixty-four countries already do it. I’m sure the food industry in America could summon the moral imagination to be the 65th.”
As evidenced by the support of additional states, it is clear that US consumers are completely DONE with GMOs. That’s why we want them labeled, so we have the clear choice to refuse them. But the GMA and other knows this, which is why they’ve tried every legal and illegal tactic possible to delay the labeling of GM food.
Is your state lagging behind in GMO labeling laws? Or is your state or county trying to ban GMOs altogether as Josephine County Oregon is – now under attack with a lawsuit brought on by the biotech industry.
The industry says that Federal law takes precedence over state labeling laws, and that the lawsuit in Josephine County which has to be settled before the GMO ban can be upheld argues that a state law pre-empts the county ban, giving farmers of GMO sugar beets the option to continue growing them.
So which is it? States have the right to ban or enforce GMO labeling, or don’t they? The topic gets more convoluted weekly, but one thing is clear: consumers still say they want GM foods labeled, minimally, in poll after poll.
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Be more than happy to donate just as soon as your tax dollars you claim I’m getting arrive!!
My subsidy’s are in every bag you sell.
Sounds like supply wont keep up with demand on real seeds. Were importing them now. I was talking with a beef rancher 6 years ago was telling me how hard it is to get feed nonGM for his cattle. Despite your claims there’s a lot of farmers not happy with GMO’s.
If demand was real it would force the price up and supply would be there. Currently farmers can get at least $1.50 bushel premium on non gmo soybeans. That is enough that I have 2 customers that raise them. One of them has already committed to switching to gmos just as soon as the Enlist soybeans are released, which will hopefully be for next spring planting.
More and more evidence of the dangers of GMO’s and the pesticides used on them to the public are finding their way into world news. When are americans going to take their food chain back. The west suffered its first attack on the food chain from mad cow disease spread by australia and england. Took ten years to get rid of the effects and did anyone learn from the disaster? apparently not. When your 7 year old develops a brain tumor or his kidneys shut down perhaps then it will be to late to stop the chemical giants. Are the chem trails and carbon dioxide pollution creating stupid air in america?
Every state has the right to nullify any unjust law!
Just how did that work out for South Carolina?
On what? The War of Northern Aggression?
Their nullification event.
Didn’t hear about it. So much for our free and independent states JFK spoke about in his “Secret Societies” Speech. But then I guess that’s why Bush, LBJ, Tricky Dick, HHH, Hoover, Dulles, McCloy, Murchison, Brown Brothers and others blew his brains out!
Maybe you should hear this and see what your a part of.
The very word “secrecy” is repugnant in a free and open society
That is why the Athenian lawmaker Solon decreed it a crime for any citizen to shrink from controversy
JFK Secret Society Speech
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqPrcwZLECM
Yes coercion has a wonderful effect.
Die or comply was the only factor in Jackson’s
Bloody Bill or War Bill.
They chose to live.
Yes he was a great president wasn’t he!!! Thanks for agreeing.
LOL My kin were from Jackson Co. and rode with Bloody Bill! It happened before……..
Missouri’s Burnt District contained the border counties of Jackson, Cass, and Bates as well as a small northern section of Vernon County. Order No. 11 was issued August 25, 1863. Civilians were given 15 days to leave. Refugees, mostly women, children, and the elderly, fled in an atmosphere of burning, murder, and deprivation. Kansas troops and scavengers stole the Missourians’ property and carried it to Kansas. By October 1, 1863 the entire district, outside of military stations, had been destroyed. It remained so until 1865.
Holy Jesus, that must of got by me!
Hey buddy since my tax dollars are funding you why don’t you give us a hand? I mean whats a “C” note when your getting billions??
Anthony Samsel Food Safety Research
https://www.gofundme.com/xrp4h9g