For one group, a policy battle on many fronts
- October 17, 2013 |
- Walt Williams
Finkel While lawmakers in Washington, D.C., have argued about what the nation spends, the Grocery Manufacturers Association has been fighting about what you eat. GMA currently is engaged in a multi-million dollar campaign to defeat a Washington state ballot initiative that would require labels on foods with genetically modified organisms, or GMOs. It is a battle GMA has fought in at least 24 other states as proposed anti-GMO laws have popped up in legislatures or on ballots—a reminder that despite the focus on Capitol Hill, many policy fights play out in states. "It happens quite often: You have an aggressive, motivated group of activists that want to spread us thin… Read More