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The fight for our health care rights moves to Congress!

Now that the Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act,  the battle for our health care rights will be waged in Congress and the states.   With your support, we’ll fight to keep your new rights,...

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Vermont defends GMO labeling law

Vermont has the right to require that genetically modified foods sold within the state be labeled, the state attorney general argued in papers filed in federal court.

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Vermont’s new GMO law may upend food industry

The biggest worry weighing on the nation’s food industry may not be drought in the West, farmworker shortages or turbulent international trade negotiations, but a change in the regulatory code in...

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Lawsuit challenges Vermont’s GMO labeling law

Four national organizations whose members would be affected by Vermont’s new labeling law for genetically engineered foods filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging the measure’s constitutionality.

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Ben and Jerry’s food fight

Unilever has openly opposed state efforts to legislate GMO labeling, throwing money into campaigns to defeat an initiative in California. But it has quietly allowed Ben & Jerry’s to assert itself...

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Oregon GMO labeling law headed to the ballot

Oregon’s GMO labeling initiative likely is headed for the November ballot. Backers far surpassed the number of necessary signatures, said Sandeep Kaushik, of Oregon Right to Know.

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GMO crop companies double down on anti-labeling efforts

One year after the launch of a social media effort to allay consumers’ concerns about the safety of foods made from genetically modified crops, U.S. companies that develop GMOs have further committed...

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Vermont defends GMO labeling law in court

Vermont has the right to require that genetically modified foods sold within the state be labeled, the state attorney general argued in papers filed Friday in federal court. Attorney General Bill...

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Lobbying expenditures against GMO labeling soar this year

The food industry spent $9 million lobbying Congress to oppose laws requiring labeling for genetically modified products in the first quarter of this year, nearly matching its total spending for all of...

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GMO labeling foes triple spending in first half of year over 2013

Opponents of mandatory labeling for foods made with genetically modified organisms spent more than $27 million in the first six months of this year on GMO-related lobbying, roughly three times their...

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