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Agribusiness Targets State Legislators to Pre-empt Local Laws on SeedsFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 14, 2005Contact: Brian Tokar, Biotechnology Project Director, Institute for Social Ecology, Vermont, (802) 229-0087 briant@sover.net; Britt Bailey, Director, Environmental Commons, California, (707) 884-5002; britt@environmentalcommons.org; Stephanie Weisenbach, Sustainable agriculture advocate, Iowa, (515) 556-4873 iowacleanwater@yahoo.comLegislators in eight states have ...
posted: 04/14/2005 03:28:59
Read More... | 2-28-05 Farmer Protection Act introduced in House! Â For Immediate ReleaseFebruary 18, 2005 Contact: Amy Shollenberger, Policy Director, Rural Vermont - 802-793-1114 amybeth@together.net Dexter Randall (P-Troy) - 802-673-7382 Farmer Protection Act Introduced in Vermont House54 Cosponsors Signed on to Support ...
Read More... | The Right to Know Seed Labeling Bill SIGNED by Governor Douglas!!! The Right to Know Seed Labeling Bill was signed by Governor Douglas yesterday! Thanks to all of you who called, wrote, and came to the statehouse over the past two years to talk to our lawmakers and the governor about this bill! WAY TO GO! This is a great first ...
Read More... | First-in-the-Nation Bill for Labeling of Genetically Engineered Seeds Contact: Amy Shollenberger, Rural Vermont 802.793.1114
Doyle Canning, GE Free VT 802.999.7502
Approved By Vermont Senate; Goes to Governor.
Vermont & Quebec Farmers to Rally at US/Canada Border Saturday as
Part of Global Farmer’s Protest Against GE crops and corporate control.
Montpelier, VT—The Vermont Senate today gave final legislative approval ...
Read More... | The House Agriculture Committee has passed the Right to Know bill! The House Agriculture Committee has passed the Right to Know bill! After literally
hours and hours of debate about whether the the Right to Farm, Large Farm (Ag Water
Quality), and Right to Know (seed labeling and registration) bills would come out of
the committee together or separately, the Democrats ...
Read More... | Vermont Senate on GMOs: Unanimous YES on Farmer Protection Act.
Contact: Amy Shollenberger, Rural Vermont 802.793.1114
& Doyle Canning, GE Free VT 802.279.0985
First Step in Legislative Process Complete—Vermont State Senate Sends
first-ever bill to hold corporations accountable for GE technology to the
House for Consideration
Montpelier, VT— Vermont Senators voted 29-0 Tuesday to support
the Farmer Protection Act (S.164), ...
Read More... | Vermont Senate Floor to Vote on Farmer Protection Act Tuesday GE Free VT Media Release: ...
Read More... | 250 Vermonters March On Montpelier: Flood the Statehouse to Call a Time Out on GMO's Contact: Amy Shollenberger, Rural Vermont 802.793.1114
Doyle Canning, GE Free VT 802.279.0985
House Agriculture Committee Stands Up for the Right To Know GE Seeds
Act.
Senate Judiciary Schedules Mark-Up on Farmer Protection Act: FRIDAY at
10 AM.
Montpelier, VT—In an uproarious groundswell for a Time ...
Read More... | VERMONTERS MARCH AND RALLY TO CALL A TIME OUT ON 'GE' CROPS
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GE Free VT Media Release
Contact: Amy Shollenberger, Rural Vermont 802.793.1114
Doyle Canning, GE Free VT 802.279.0985
From Mendocino to Montpelier, Farmers Declare,
“One Contaminated Farm is One Too Many!”
Montpelier, VT—Vermont farmers, citizens and neighbors
will march at 10:30 AM up State Street to the Statehouse ...
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