A Talking Television?
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VIDEO OF THE WEEK
Let the games begin.
Both sides in Oregon’s GMO labeling law battle have launched television ads to persuade voters to vote YES’or NO’on Measure 92, a bill to require labeling of foods that contain GMOs.
In our corner, we have Michael Hansen, senior scientist with the Consumers Union, who explains that Measure 92 won’t increase food costs; and Oregon farmers Steve and Jared, who explain that Measure 92 will help consumers tell the difference between foods they grow traditionally, and foods genetically engineered in a lab. They also point out that hundreds of Oregon farmers support Measure 92.
And in the opposite corner? We have family farmer Matt Frketich, who says Measure 92 ‘contains a bunch of complex and costly regulations that don’t exist in any other state;’ Katie Fast, another Oregon farmer who says she’s never seen anything that would hurt farmers as much as Measure 92; and a talking television warning that Measure 92 is ‘deeply flawed.’
Which of these ads would sway you?