Today’s Good News: States Keep Control Over Food

The Organic Consumers Association (OCA) says that thanks to grassroots pressure,
Congress is removing language, so-called Section 123, from the Farm Bill that would have eliminated local and state governments’ power to regulate genetically engineered crops and police food safety at the local and state level. (learn more about this here). This is only one piece of the massive 2007-2012 Farm Bill , but it is a step in the right direction.

Filed by Karen on July 17th, 2007 under Food, Grassroots Organizing, State and Local Politics