the Obama administration has failed to respond to the public outcry against GMO's some states are starting to take action in places like Washington state where over 90 percent of the consumer base is demanding that items containing genetically modified organisms be labeled to warn people about what they are buying. Measure 522 would require not only all the foods containing GMO's to be labeled, but seeds and seed stock as well. The wildly popular measure has been targeted for opposition by the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) who, not surprisingly, is representing the special interests with their own motivations for defeating labeling measures. But who is behind the
On October 18, 2013 the state's Attorney General sued the GMA, accusing them of violating federal campaigning laws which require such organizations to publicly disclose their list of donors. A list that the GMA fought to keep hidden from voters and consumers a like. Once the law suit was in play, the GMA agreed to finally release the list of names which was published by the Seattle Times and reads like a who's who list of food manufacturing companies with many contributing upwards of $1million or more to prevent consumers from learning what is in the food they sell them. Names like Coca-Cola, Pepsi-Co, Mars Bar, Nestle, Con-Agra, General Mills, and Campbell Soup were just a few of the companies on the list.
Stop the GM Apple
- Write to your provincial agriculture minister and ask them to take action to protect the apple growers in your area from the GM apple.
- Write or call your federal Member of Parliament. You can look up their contacts using your postal code at www.parl.gc.ca
- In BC, you can join provincial action here.
http://www.cban.ca/Take-Action
http://www.examiner.com/article/food-wars-states-are-taking-action-the-battle-against-gmo-s
http://topinfopost.com/2013/06/18/8-steps-to-take-action-against-genetically-modified-organisms-in-food
http://www.earthportals.com/geneticfood.html
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