Submitted to Shelton Blog by Pat Jerrells Mason County Progressive
If you would like to know what is in your food by genetic manipulation, such as insertion of fish genes into corn, or inserting bacteria or herbicides and pesticides into the genetic makeup of fruits and vegetables, you can sign a petition at Healthy Benefits Market at 825 W. Franklin Street in downtown Shelton, or Fresh Start Market & Deli on 2810 East Spencer Lake Road, and in Olympia at Traditions Cafe (300 5th Ave. SW), or the Olympia Food Co-ops (3111 Pacific Ave. SE, and 921 Rogers St. NW) among many other locations throughout the state. A complete list of petition locations is available on the Label It Wa website.
The petition I-522, "The People's Right to Know Genetically Engineered Food Act", is an initiative to the Washington State legislature to establish mandatory labeling of foods produced through genetic engineering, so the public has a choice.
Label It Wa's goal is to gather 320,000 signatures by December 31, 2012, to ensure we have at least 241,153 valid signatures needed to get I-522 on the ballot. Anyone who would like to volunteer to collect signatures, such as outside grocery stores, or if you have a place of business and want to have a petition on the counter, can go online at www.labelitwa.org or email labelitwa@gmail.com, or call 253-256-1921.
Now here is an initiative that would actually benefit our citizens!
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