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

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

[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,