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| UPDATE: 37 More Towns Take Action on GE |
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Nearly 40 Vermont towns, from Brattleboro north to Bakersfield, voted at Town Meeting this week for resolutions opposing the genetic engineering (GE) of food and crops. As of 10:30 PM Tuesday evening, 37 have supported their resolutions, 4 have tabled the issue and 3 voted against it. A total of 69 Vermont towns have now gone on record against GE foods, beginning in 2000.

The details of the resolutions vary considerably from town to town, but all the resolutions call upon legislators and congressional representatives to support the labeling of GE foods. Most also support legislation for a moratorium on the planting of GE crops. Many towns have also declared that companies developing GE crops should bear legal liability for all harm resulting from these crops, instead of individual farmers. At least nine towns passed language either calling for a moratorium on the planting of GE crops in the town, or actively discouraging the planting of GE crops.

"This is an important milestone toward making Vermont the first state to go GE-Free," said Jim Moulton of Jamaica, Vermont, a volunteer organizer with the Windham County Genetic Engineering Action Group. "This would be a tremendous boon to our state's farm economy and to the integrity of Vermont's environment." The groups that make up the Town-to-Town Campaign are supporting legislation that has been introduced in the Vermont House, as well as working closely with farmers and local communities across the state that are wanting to take local action.


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| news stories |
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US derailing India's biosafety regulatory system to allow import of Bt Corn-Soya blend
 http://www.neRAGE.org/stories.php?story=03/03/09/0334015

Stricter Rules for Modified Crops
 http://www.neRAGE.org/stories.php?story=03/03/08/2354923

US Working On Coalition To Challenge EU on GMO
 http://www.neRAGE.org/stories.php?story=03/03/06/7349093

Monsanto Seeks Aproval For Rootworm Resistant Corn
 http://www.neRAGE.org/stories.php?story=03/03/06/7069244

The risks of modified wheat
 http://www.neRAGE.org/stories.php?story=03/03/06/6913088

CA: National Farmers Union: No To RoundUp
 http://www.neRAGE.org/stories.php?story=03/03/06/6535197

Monsanto courts farmers on gene-altered wheat
 http://www.neRAGE.org/stories.php?story=03/03/06/6292514

GE FREE VT RALLY! THURS 3/13--12 NOON--MONTP.
 http://www.neRAGE.org/stories.php?story=03/03/06/1710444

Outreach for Colombia Mobilization Actions in Hartford, CT
 http://www.neRAGE.org/stories.php?story=03/03/04/6549238

Canadian farmer imports wary views of genetically modifed crops
 http://www.neRAGE.org/stories.php?story=03/03/04/6421905

2000 Protest WTO AG Policy in Japan
 http://www.neRAGE.org/stories.php?story=03/03/04/9361495

AUS: State Bans GE Crops for Three Years
 http://www.neRAGE.org/stories.php?story=03/03/04/9230888

There Are Better Ways To Feed Africa Then With GE Crops
 http://www.neRAGE.org/stories.php?story=03/03/03/4652121


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