Saturday, July 16th, 2016

How National Food Companies Are Responding to Vermont’s GMO Law

Author: Adam Chandler
Source: The Atlantic
Publication Date: Jul 8, 2016
Link: How National Food Companies Are Responding to Vermont’s GMO Law

Stephan: Little Vermont is forcing the rest of the nation to tack to the wind of its concerns about GMOs. It is going to be interesting to see how this plays out -- the will of the people vs the money of the corporations. Whether GMOs are a threat to me is still unclear. But the corporate corruption involved in trying to keep the technology unregulated is not in question. I wish I had been there to see the people in the Senate gallery rain down $2,000 onto the heads of the elected corporate vassals below.

FILE - This April 8, 2016 file photo shows a new disclosure statement which reads, "PARTIALLY PRODUCED WITH GENETIC ENGINEERING" on a package of candy in Montpelier, Vt. On Friday, July 1, 2016, Vermont will become the first U.S. state to require the labeling of foods made with genetically modified ingredients. Credit: AP /Lisa Rathke

On Friday, July 1, 2016, Vermont became the first U.S. state to require the labeling of foods made with genetically modified ingredients.
Credit: AP /Lisa Rathke

On Wednesday, a scene that passed for exciting—at least by Capitol Hill standards—unfolded when demonstrators in the Senate gallery showered $2,000 upon lawmakers in the chamber below.

Rather than a taxpayer-initiated raise, the stunt was in protest of a federal bill that would force food manufacturers to label products that contain genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) according to terms that some say are too accommodating of big food companies and farm-industry groups. Despite the interjection of the “Monsanto money,” the bill passed in the Senate late on Thursday evening. The bill, which still needs the approval of […]

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