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Food Fight in California over GMO Labeling
If you’ve been following my writing over the past few months, you know that I’ve been writing about the food industry’s dirty tactics in the fight over California’s Proposition 37, which would require GMO foods to be labeled. As
Election Day nears, the fight is getting even dirtier, while the No on 37 campaign’s millions of dollars in deceptive ads are starting to
pay off. But with
61 other nations requiring GMO labels, why are Monsanto and friends fighting so hard to keep Americans in the dark?
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In the Media
Michelle Obama's Moves (The Nation)
Proposition 37: The Facts Behind the Hype (Uprising Radio)
On the Road
October 24:
Food Summit at Stanford University
October 27-31:
American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco
Panel 1: Monday, October 29, 2012: 10:30 - 12:00
Case
study of industry lobbying on junk food marketing to children
(Additional panelists include Marion Nestle and Jennifer Pomeranz from the Rudd Center.)
Panel 2: Monday, October 29, 2012: 12:30 -2:00
Food
stamps, follow the money: Are corporations profiting from hungry Americans?
Panel 3: Wednesday, October 31, 2012: 12:30 -2:00
Understanding
food industry lobbying and countering corporate tactics
California
Newspaper Editorial Boards Spread False Claims and Faulty Logic on Proposition 37
Each election season, proponents and opponents of the various initiatives on the California ballot hope for the state’s major newspaper endorsements. While you can’t expect every paper to endorse your side, Proposition 37, which
would require labeling of foods produced using genetic engineering, seems to have had a string of incredibly bad luck. Read
more...
Did
Monsanto Write This Op-Ed Signed by a UC Davis Professor?
As I recently
explained, University of California at Davis agriculture researchers are heavily influenced by the funding they receive from Monsanto and other big biotech players. This conflict of interest explains in part why we are seeing several UC Davis professors
author reports and op-eds opposing California’s Proposition 37, which would require labeling of foods containing GMOs.
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