A state ballot initiative in California with big implications for the nation's food system has seen massive opposition by industrial agricultural corporations in the final weeks, and an infusion of nearly $46 million dollars may just be enough to thwart the grassroots effort demanding that consumers get the right to know exactly what's in the food they're buying....
"Prop. 37 is about one and only one thing-- our right to know what's in our food, and make an informed choice about what we eat and feed our children."
"We can't allow our democracy to be hijacked by unscrupulous corporate interests willing to say and spend anything to protect their profits at the expense of real people, and our rights as free citizens," he said.
Drive to Label GMO Food Battered by Industry's Big Bucks | Common Dreams
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