FINLAND, Minn. – Today, by a vote of 28-2, the Vermont state Senate passed H.112, a bill to require mandatory labeling of foods sold in Vermont that contain genetically modified organisms (GMOs). The bill also makes it illegal to call any food product containing GMOs “natural” or “all natural.” Unlike bills passed last year in Maine and Connecticut, which require four or five other states to pass GMO labeling laws before they can be enacted, Vermont’s law contains no “trigger” clauses, making it the first “clean” GMO labeling law in the country.
The bill now goes back to the House which is expected to agree to the Senate’s amendments, then to Gov. Peter Shumlin who is expected to sign it.
Full story: http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_29778.cfm
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YAY!!!
Finland MN caught my eye
I grew up in west central MN. I have been around Silver Bay a couple of times years ago to go smelting in the spring time. It takes a bunch of really hardy folks to live in that neck of the woods. About the article; One battle at a time and eventually the monster gmo will no longer live. I argued with farmers about the dangers of this when it came out. All they saw was a golden egg. Now they all have superweeds and resistant cut worms. Sad story for them and everyone on the consumer end. This is good news. Thank you for your efforts.