July 14, 2006
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State’s Rights? Never heard of them.
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Movement is afoot in DC to
strip a local authority’s ability to have stricter food labeling laws
than federal ones; the National Uniformity for Food Act.In the
early 90s many of us lobbied in St. Paul to get the ability to purchase
milk that is produced without the use of bovine growth hormone. We were
one of only 5 states that got that labeling law passed. The National
Uniformity for Food Act would do what Monsanto and all their lobbist
could not do.A Minnesotan’s ability to know if the wild rice we
are about to purchase is real native Wild Rice, grown in MN and hand
harvested rather than grown in the desert of California by a
multinational corporation is also in jeopardy.Take a moment to tell Senator Colemand and Dayton no freakin’ way!
You can go here to send Senator Dayton and Coleman a message:
http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizationsORG/oca/campaign.jsp?campaign _KEY=2752 If
you care about this, please go sign it. I signed it, but on reflection,
I don’t know how much it would effect me as I’m moving more and more
towards getting as much food as I can from sources that don’t really
bother with labels – like farmers, gardeners, and wild animals.
