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California | Santa Cruz Indymedia | Environment & Forest Defense | Government & Elections | Health, Housing, and Public ServicesSanta Cruz Co. Mobilizes for "California Right to Know Genetically Engineered Food Act"
On February 18th, dozens of trained signature gathering volunteers held a launch event for the "California Right to Know Genetically Engineered Food Act" at the Santa Cruz Live Oak Green Grange. The event was hosted by GMO-Free Right to Know! Santa Cruz, the organizing group for trained signature gathering volunteers throughout Santa Cruz County, and one of the most active groups in the state working to pass this historic ballot initiative.  don-lane_2-18-12.jpg Local campaign organizers, including Tarah, Mary, Patti, and Kyle, provided updates from a very successful first morning of collecting signatures, and also reviewed various legal rules, as well as agreements specific to the campaign. After that, a modest raffle was held, then volunteers signed up for locations to gather signatures, and received materials such as petitions, table signs, volunteer badges and sandwich board signs.
GMO-Free Right to Know! Santa Cruz has set a goal of collecting 10,000 signatures, but expects to reach that goal easily, and keep on gathering. Statewide, the effort is being led by The Committee for the Right to Know, a grassroots coalition of consumer, public health, environmental organizations, and food companies in California seeking the labeling of genetically engineered foods (GMOs). The initiative needs 504,760 valid signatures to make it on the November 2012 ballot. Signatures can get thrown out (invalidated) for a number of reasons: being illegible, spelling mistakes, wrong county, etc. Therefore, the campaign aims to collect more than 800,000 signatures to make sure they have enough that qualify. For more information, please see: California State Grange Supports GMO Labeling for November Ballot by Dan Bacher Saturday Feb 18th, 2012 http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/02/18/18707651.php The Committee for the Right to Know http://www.labelgmos.org/ Santa Cruz County Label GMOs Group, GMO-Free Santa Cruz http://www.labelgmos.org/santacruz GMO-Free Right to Know! Santa Cruz http://www.facebook.com/nongmosantacruz
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( heather.sickels [at] gmail.com )
Monday Feb 20th, 2012 10:06 AM
Go California, get this on the November 2012 ballot. I support labeling of GMOs and California is the state to make this a reality for the entire country. I would like to post about your initiate on my blog and specific details that you would like out of state watchers to know, especially concerned citizens in Colorado. I would like to somehow contribute to California's efforts.
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