EIGHT communities demonstrate broad support for Vermonters feeding Vermonters
For immediate release Mar. 8, 2012 Contact Robb Kidd Phone: (802) 223-7222 Email: robb@ruralvermont.org With the broad support of thousand of friends and neighbors, Rural Vermont successfully...
View ArticleWanzek: Genetically modified food is perfectly healthy
Editor’s note: This op-ed is by Terry Wanzek, a North Dakota state senator and a wheat, corn and soybean farmer. He is a board member of Truth About Trade & Technology. www.truthabouttrade.org. The...
View ArticleRogers: Without GE labeling, certified organic is a safe choice
Editor’s note: This op-ed is by Dave Rogers, policy adviser for the Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont (NOFA-VT). By the end of April, when members of the Vermont House Agriculture...
View ArticleGrassroots forums organized around the state: “Vermonters demand labeling of...
NEWS RELEASE — Vermont Right to Know Coalition February 18 , 2013 Contact: Cat Buxton, Field Organizer, Cedar Circle Farm: (802) 359-3330 or, cat@cedarcirclefarm.org David L. Rogers, Policy Advisor,...
View ArticleBald: Where’s John Paul Jones when you need him?
Editor’s note: This op-ed is by Michael Bald of Royalton. The GMO labeling bill, H.112, is scheduled for debate on the House floor on Thursday, May 9. If it passes there it will be taken up in the...
View ArticleHouse decides GMO labeling lawsuit worth the risk
The Vermont House this week became the first legislative body in the country to pass a law that would require the labeling of foods derived from genetically modified organisms. The House voted 99-42 in...
View ArticleSanders: Let states require GMO food labels
News Release — Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. May 22, 2013 WASHINGTON – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today proposed an amendment to the farm bill that would let Vermont and other states require clear labels...
View ArticleBruce Krupke: Vermont acting rashly on GMO labeling
Editor’s note: This commentary is by Bruce Krupke, executive vice president of the Northeast Dairy Foods Association Inc., a regional group representing dairy product processors, manufacturers and...
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