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Maine newspapers support LD 718

Bangor Daily News: Give consumers a choice and label genetically modified foods

"LD 718, sponsored by Rep. Lance Harvell, R-Farmington, and co-sponsored by 123 Republicans, Democrats and independents, would require that foods containing genetically modified organisms be labeled as such. It should pass." Read the full editorial

Portland Press Herald: Legislature should pass GMO labeling bill

"Consumers have a right to know whether their food has genetically engineered ingredients. Free markets work best when consumers have what they need to make informed choices. That is the concept behind L.D. 718, the genetically modified organism labeling bill now before the Legislature. That is also the reason that lawmakers should pass this law this year." Read the full editorial

Organic and Sustainable Agriculture News

Farmers, foresters wary about single agency
Kennebec Journal - 6/27/2012. By Mechele Cooper – Augusta: Fred Hardy, a retired dairy farmer from New Sharon, said he's been opposed to merging the state departments of agriculture and conservation from the get-go. "My biggest concern … is that agriculture will lose its identity," Hardy said. "My suggestion is to have one department for agriculture and one department" for conservation and forestry.

GM soy linked to illnesses in farm pigs
Institute for Science in Society - 6/27/2012. Dr Eva Sirinathsinghji – A Danish farmer has gained huge public recognition for publishing his simple method for ridding his pigs of illness – removing genetically modified (GM) ingredients from their diet. The pigs had suffered from symptoms including chronic diarrhoea, birth defects, reproductive problems, reduced appetite, bloating, stomach ulcers, weaker and smaller piglets, and reduced litter sizes.

How Monsanto is sabotaging efforts to label genetically modified food
Alternet - 6/27/2012.

By Charlotte Silver – As the 2012 Farm Bill continues to take shape in the halls of Congress, the influence of corporate interests is on display. On June 21 the Senate overwhelmingly opposed an amendment to allow states to require genetically-engineered food and beverage labeling.

Schools in transition: mapping watersheds
Transition Network - 6/27/2012.

Isabel Carlisle – How connected to your local place do you feel? Do you know where the nearest flow of water is? —I don't mean down the drain! If you live in a city you may not be aware that streams are still flowing under the pavements. If you stand in the right place and listen, you can even hear them.

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