Re: [sustainable_tompkins-l] Fwd: Reply from Senator Gillibrand about Genetically Mutilated foods

2016-07-13 Thread Sarah Gagnon
I second that opinion. Gillibrand and Shumer are among only 20 Senators who voted against a bill that will preempt state labeling laws, substituting a federal labeling standard that exempts the most common GM foods, probably won't take effect for a couple of years, has no enforcement provision,

Re: [sustainable_tompkins-l] Fwd: Reply from Senator Gillibrand about Genetically Mutilated foods

2016-07-12 Thread Greg Nelson
While I would rather see a ban, *preventing a weakening* of existing labeling standards and prevent propaganda to promote genetic engineering doesn't really come across to me as "selling out." If the vote in question had been a choice between banning and labeling and she had chosen labeling, I wou

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Fwd: Reply from Senator Gillibrand about Genetically Mutilated foods

2016-07-12 Thread Maura Stephens
She sells out on this one, as she does on just about every other issue (when she even acknowledges the issue, I should add). Well, at least she used the salutation "Ms." rather than the insulting "Miss" or "Ma'am" or "Mrs." I've gotten from some of her male colleagues. Small consolation that, an