Source: http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/03/27/471759643/how-little-vermont-got-big-food-companies-to-label-gmos?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=thesalt

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A mockup of a possible GMO label on a can of Campbell’s Spaghetti-Os, with these words: “Partially produced with genetic engineering.” Unless Congress or a federal court intervene, Vermont’s new GMO labeling law will go into effect in July. So some companies are scrambling to comply.

Courtesy of Campbell Soup Company

You’ll soon know whether many of the packaged foods you buy contain ingredients derived from genetically modified plants, such as soybeans and corn…

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