GMO Labeling | The right to know is also the right to farm
Corn Mother. Cristina M. Perez Yes on Colorado Prop 105 AN ACEQUIA FARMER EXPLAINS SUPPORT FOR LABELING Devon G. Peña | Las Colonias de San Pablo, CO and Seattle, WA | October 10, 2014 I am a farmer in Colorado’s San Luis Valley and I support Prop 105, our state’s citizen-initiated referendum for the labeling of genetically engineered (GE) foods; also known as GMOs for genetically modified organisms. In a democracy, citizens must have access to information in order to make decisions affecting their quality of life. The right to know is a basic right in a true democracy. By logical and legal extension of this basic principle we have a right to know what is in the food we eat and how it is produced. The right to know about our food is already codified in the law in the form of required nutritional labels and other information used by consumers to make decisions, for e.g., about dietary restrictions involving consumption of sodium, fats, and sugar or carbohydrates. Indeed, the sale price ...