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GE Labeling Resurrected in California, Petition For Ballot Measure Circulating in Colorado

By Dan Flynn on March 25, 2014

California’s 2012 food-labeling ballot measure, rejected by state voters, makes a return from the grave tomorrow with a public hearing in Sacramento. And another state initiative is in the offing in Colorado. Since the narrow…
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Senate Bill Proposes GE Labeling in California

By Lauren Bernadett on February 25, 2014

Remember California’s Proposition 37? It was the 2012 ballot initiative that would have required genetically engineered (GE) food sold in California to be labeled as such. Prop. 37 would have also prohibited GE foods sold…
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Letter From the Editor: Rural Voters Veto GMO Labeling (Again)

By Dan Flynn on November 10, 2013

There are not many people or voters in rural counties, but there sure are a lot of rural counties. In Garfield County in Washington state, almost 82 percent of the voters rejected Initiative 522, the…
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Letter From The Editor: A GM Food Labeling Win

By Dan Flynn on May 12, 2013

Last month I wrote a news story along the lines that President Obama this spring signed House Resolution 933 after California voters last fall defeated Proposition 37 marked two big defeats for the GMO labeling…
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Campaign for GM Food Labeling Gets New State Battleground

By Dan Flynn on April 29, 2013

Sunday’s end to the Washington State Legislature’s 105-day regular session means Evergreen State voters are going to decide whether genetically modified food should be labeled.  That’s because lawmakers in Olympia took no action on Initiative…
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GMO Labeling Forces Look for a Win After Two Defeats

By Dan Flynn on April 11, 2013

With the defeat of California’s Proposition 37 last November and the recent signing of House Resolution 933, opponents of genetically modified foods are in bad need of a win. And with the state legislative season…
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GMO Labeling Campaign Promises To Be Back in 2014

By News Desk on January 25, 2013

The failed California Right to Know campaign says it will be back in 2014 with another ballot initiative for labeling genetically engineered foods. It lost last November when a majority of California voters opposed Proposition…
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Missouri Bill Introduced to Require GM Fish and Meat Labeling

By News Desk on January 23, 2013

A state Senator from St. Louis has introduced a bill requiring the labeling of genetically modified meat and fish in Missouri. State Sen. Jemilah Nasheed (D-St. Louis) introduced Senate Bill 155 this week. “While I…
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Letter From The Editor: An Epiphany

By Dan Flynn on January 13, 2013

As recently as last Fall, a now discredited French study threw a little scare mongering into California’s Proposition 37 campaign by depicting tumor growth in rats fed genetically modified (GM) corn. In as long as…
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Campaign to Label GM Foods Moves To Washington State

By News Desk on January 4, 2013

More than enough signatures were filed in Washington State, 24 hours before today’s deadline, to send an initiative to the Legislature that would require the labeling of genetically engineered foods sold at retail. If the…
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