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| BURLINGTON FREE PRESS, 4-06-05 Senate passes modified-seed liability bill By Ross Sneyd The Associated Press MONTPELIER -- A bill that would make seed manufacturers liable for damages when genetically modified seeds drift into ... |
| Farmer Protection Act: Victory in the State Senate! 4-06-05 April 6, 2005 By Louis Porter Vermont Press Bureau MONTPELIER — The Vermont Senate on Tuesday gave nearly unanimous approval to a bill designed to make seed manufacturers liable for the impacts of genetically modified crops.As many as a dozen senators were expected to oppose the bill, but the final ... |
| Article Lawmakers again turn their attention to GMOsFebruary 10, 2005 By Luis Porter Vermont Press Bureau MONTPELIER — The Legislature is again taking up the regulation of genetically modified crops, one of the most controversial issues debated during last year's lawmaking session.Both the Senate and the House heard testimony on the issue ... |
| 200 Vermonters March On Montpelier - 8 More TOWNS sign on! In an uproarious groundswell for a Time Out on genetically engineered crops in Vermont, nearly 200 Vermonters marched on Montpelier and flooded the statehouse on Thursday, February 26th. At that days House Agriculture committee hearing on GMO crops, corporate lobbyists from Monsanto were scheduled to testify ... |
| SOLD! : Giant Real Estate Sign Posted on Statehouse Lawn; Contact: Mike Feiner 802.793.1725 Doyle Canning, GE Free VT 802.999.7502 GE FREE VT Supporters March into House Chamber to Demand Action to Protect Farmers-- Take Back the Statehouse from Corporate Greed. Montpelier, VT�Dozens of GE Free VT activists hammered a giant real-estate sign into the ... |
| Monsanto abandons worldwide GM wheat project http://www.guardian.co.uk/gmdebate /Story/0,2763,1214066,00.html Monsanto abandons worldwide GM wheat project Paul Brown, environment correspondent Tuesday May 11, 2004 The Guardian Monsanto has abandoned plans to introduce GM wheat on to the world market despite spending seven years and hundreds of millions of dollars developing the crop. The decision, announced yesterday, is a major ... |
| Activists Swarm Statehouse with 100 yellow balloons; ‘Serve papers’ on lawmakers for “Patent Infring Contact: Mike Feiner (802) 793-1725 Amy Shollenberger (802) 793-1114 PHOTOS at http://www.biotechimc.org/or/2004/05/2787.shtml Montpelier, VT—Activists carrying 100 yellow, helium-filled balloons—each bearing a bold bar code painted on one side—swarmed the statehouse during the lunch hour today, while the GMO Liability Bill was being discussed in the Senate Judiciary committee. GE Free ... |
| Full Page Ad Slams Douglas Corporate Farm Policy: www.themeatrix.com Download this ad! Contact: Amy Shollenberger (802) 793-1114 Doyle Canning (802) 999-7502 Full Page Ad in Times Argus slams Douglas’ Right-to-Factory-Farm Bill; Calls on Montpelier to Protect Farmers from GE crop contamination lawsuits. See the Ad online at http://vce.org/ruralvermont Montpelier, VT-Central Vermonters and Vermont lawmakers awoke this morning to ... |
| Vermont Statehouse Contaminated! Genetically Engineered Pollen Drifts from Big Biotech Lab in Mystic, CT! Waves of fear are right now rippling through the Vermont Statehouse, as Genetically Engineered corn pollen is drifting unabated throughout its congressional halls, contaminating every corner with dangerous genetic pollution, and forcing residents and employees to evacuate and seek ... |
| Douglas signs nation's first GMO labeling law By Darren M. Allen VERMONT PRESS BUREAU MONTPELIER - Gov. James Douglas Monday made Vermont the first state to require manufacturers of genetically modified seeds to label and register their products. The measure was one part of a three-pronged agricultural legislative package that also includes a bill that would make ... |
| A VICTORY FOR VERMONT AGRICULTURE: Governor to sign Governor Douglas has announced he will sign the ‘Farmer Right to Know’ bill to regulate genetically modified organisms (GMOs). After years of work, Vermont is poised to take an important first step towards regulating GMOs in our state THANKS TO YOU. It was your calls, emails and membership support that ... |
| Vermont & Quebec Farmers Unfurl Giant Banner at US/Canada Border Click to view enlarged photos Contact: Amy Shollenberger, Rural Vermont 802.793.1114 Doyle Canning, GE Free VT 802.999.7502 Rural Vermont 802.223.7222 No GMO's! No Transgenicos! No OGM's! Family Farms Not Corporate Control! Vermont Joins Brazil, Belgium, Bangladesh and 22 other nations: 4/17 Global Farmer Protest to Resist Corporate Takeover of Agriculture ... |
| April 16 - 17 Protest Pictures: ENLARGED ... |
| State bill labels genetically altered seed : Washington Times State bill labels genetically altered seed http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20040408-094927-5982r.htm MONTPELIER, Vt., April 8 (UPI) -- The Vermont House of Representatives Thursday approved a bill mandating the labeling of all genetically engineered seeds sold in the state. The Farmer's Right-to-Know Seed Labeling Bill goes to the state senate next week for approval of ... |
| Agriculture Commissioner is missing the point on GE seeds : By Annie Christopher http://www.timesargus.com/04/Commentary/Story/81349.html Times Argus Commentary Agriculture Commissioner is missing the point on GE seeds - Mar. 30, 2004 By Annie Christopher ---------- On Feb. 4, I testified before the House Agriculture Committee regarding mandatory labeling of products containing genetically engineered (GE) ingredients. I am co-owner with my husband, Peter Backman, of ... |
| Farmers Fight for Protections from GMOs and corporate lawsuits Contact: Amy Shollenberger (802) 793-1114 Doyle Canning (802) 999-7502 Montpelier—Rural Vermont farmers and supporters rallied this week for a final push on S.164, the “Farmer Protection Act,” a bill to protect all farmers from the liabilities associated with the drift of genetically engineered crops. The hotly debated, first-in-the-nation bill, sponsored ... |
| BOSTON.com article By Ross Sneyd, Associated Press Writer http://www.boston.com/news/local/vermont/articles/2004 /03/10/senate_gives_preliminary_approval_to_protecting_against_ge_seeds/ MONTPELIER, Vt. -- Senators venturing into the emotional arena of genetically engineered plants and seeds were treated Wednesday to a lesson on the reproductive habits of corn. Along the way, they agreed to tighten the rules for how lawsuits regarding such plants should ... |
| VT Farmer Protection GMO Liability Passes Download this Ad NATIONAL UPDATE: MENDOCINO COUNTY, CA PASSES "MEASURE H" and BANS BIOTECH CROPS!! Contact: Amy Shollenberger, Rural Vermont 802.793.1114 Doyle Canning, GE Free VT 802.279.0985 On the heals of farmers’ anti-biotech blitz on Statehouse, Vermont Senate Judiciary Passes Farmer Protection Act. House Agriculture Committee sells out Vermont Farmers ... |
| Mendocino County voters ban biotech crops http://www.gmofreemendo.org/ First county in U.S. to bar gene-altered farming By MIKE GENIELLA THE PRESS DEMOCRAT (Santa Rosa, CA) Mendocino County voters on Tuesday were the first in the nation to ban genetically engineered crops and animals. By a margin of 56 percent to 44 percent, they approved Measure H, an ... |
| Seeds Of Deception by Jeffery Smith Book Tour IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: March 8, 2004 Contact: Jim Moulton, 824-6670 and jmoulton@sover.net Jeffrey Smith, author of the alarming new exposé Seeds of Deception, will be appearing in Vermont for a five-city tour starting March 21st. The books subtitle, Exposing Industry and Government Lies About the Safety of the Genetically ... |
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