GMO Opponents Demonstrate In Front Of White House

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Agri-Pulse. com has this report. Excerpt:

WASHINGTON, March 27, 2013- A demonstration organized by supporters of labeling genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in food products today consisted of a handful of activists attempting to grab the attention of passers-by and tourists in front of the White House.    

“Food Democracy Now!” planned the protest to President Barack Obama’s approval of HR 933, the six-month continuing resolution (CR) to keep the government funded, because it included a certain biotechnology provision.

What the activists call the “Monsanto Protection Act” refers to USDA permitting guidelines for transgenic crops.  The “biotech rider” included in the CR requires that USDA allow farmers to continue growing biotech crops that USDA deregulated, but a judge later invalidated. …

Read Civil Beat’s story on the “Monsanto Protection Act.”

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