Published: June 11, 2014, 4:25 a.m.
More than 60 countries either ban or require labeling on GMO foods; the US is not one of them. As GMO regulation moves to a local level, frustrated consumers and farmers are pushing for state or county regulations, but the seed and pesticide companies are fighting back.
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Today, we bring you a special episode investigating corporate control of our democracy and our dinner plates. This program is part of What the Fork, a collaboration\xa0between Making Contact, Center for Media and Democracy/The Progressive Magazine and Food Democracy Now.
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\n- Rebecca Wilce,\xa0Progressive and ALEC Exposed reporter
\n- Marcia Ishii-Eieman,\xa0Pesticide Action Network senior scientist
\n- Don Tipping,\xa0Seven Seeds Farm owner
\n- Chris Hardy,\xa0Rogue valley farmer
\n- Elise Higley,\xa0Our Family Farms Coalition leader
\n- Magdeleno Rose-Avila, Yes on 15-119 volunteer
\n- Barry Bushue, American Farm Bureau vice president
\n- Klayton Kubo, Kauai citizen
\n- Gary Hooser, Kauai County Council member
\n- Dr. Judy Shabert, Harvard Physician
\n- Chris Broussard, Whinney Hee, James Masey, concerned Kauai residents
\n- Dean Okimoro, Farm Bureau Association president
\n- David Louie, Hawaii Attorney General
\n- Harry Stalford & Willow Coberly, Stalford Seed Farms farmers
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