Genetically modified food: Vermont v science

UK Only Article:  standard article Issue:  The lure of shadow banking Fly Title:  Genetically modified food Rubric:  The little state that could kneecap the biotech industry Location:  MONTPELIER Main image:  20140510_USD001_0.jpg VERMONT banned slavery before the rest of America, back in 1777, and local greens talk like they have just achieved something comparable. “We’re first again,” exults Will Allen, a delighted organic farmer, as the Green Mountain state prepares to require labelling of foods containing genetically modified (GM) ingredients. As The Economist went to press Peter Shumlin, Vermont’s governor, was set to sign a bill that would come into force in July 2016. Vermont is a quirky mix: it has strict environmental rules, loose gun laws and America’s only self-proclaimed socialist senator. It also takes its food very seriously, says Andrea Stander of Rural Vermont, a group that advocates a “local food system which is ...
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