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Segami

(14,923 posts)
Sun Nov 4, 2012, 11:54 AM Nov 2012

TRUST US: Vote YES on PROP 37





To learn more about Prop 37 and Food & Water Watch's campaign to make GE Labeling the Law, and to help raise money to broadcast this public service announcement and others like it far and wide, visit www.voteyes37.org.

"Trust Us" is an ironic public service announcement by Consumer Advocates for Safe Food and Water, sponsored by Food & Water Watch, in support of Proposition 37, California's ballot initiative to label genetically engineered foods.

A diverse, all-star cast including Danny DeVito, Emily Deschanel, Glenn Howerton, Kaitlin Olson, KaDee Strickland and Kristin Bauer van Straten, impersonate scientists at leading biotech firms speaking their "subconscious minds" about why the general public should just trust them and not fight for mandatory labeling of genetically engineered foods (GMOs).
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TRUST US: Vote YES on PROP 37 (Original Post) Segami Nov 2012 OP
I just filled in my ballot itsrobert Nov 2012 #1
Organic farmers worked very hard roody Nov 2012 #3
Some are legit, some are lying itsrobert Nov 2012 #5
I know someone who has an organic orange grove Zorro Nov 2012 #7
Cash talks, inspectors walk itsrobert Nov 2012 #9
Maybe if we all just stopped eating then nobody would have to worry about it nolabels Nov 2012 #10
I did. And I do not listen to anybody that tells me I don't need to know what I eat. bemildred Nov 2012 #2
+1 roody Nov 2012 #4
Already voted and voted ... YES! nt Raine Nov 2012 #6
Great ad!!!! Tumbulu Nov 2012 #8
I cannot believe that Prop 37 is not winning by a landslide. IndyJones Nov 2012 #11

itsrobert

(14,157 posts)
1. I just filled in my ballot
Sun Nov 4, 2012, 11:59 AM
Nov 2012

And I voted Yes on 37. I am tired of all these fake organic companies. Organic labeling is a scam.

roody

(10,849 posts)
3. Organic farmers worked very hard
Sun Nov 4, 2012, 03:58 PM
Nov 2012

to get the USDA organic standards. They have to continuously fight to keep them as clean as possible. I did nothing in this struggle, but I thank those who did and continue to do.

itsrobert

(14,157 posts)
5. Some are legit, some are lying
Sun Nov 4, 2012, 04:49 PM
Nov 2012

It's a marketing gimmick to sell the same product at higher prices. But this Prop is a good start. I am sure after the big boys get slapped down, they will go after the remaining "organic" farce. It will be payback.

Zorro

(15,691 posts)
7. I know someone who has an organic orange grove
Sun Nov 4, 2012, 08:26 PM
Nov 2012

and it is extremely challenging to be able to label and market fruit as "organic" legally. There are a lot of grove inspections and record verifications involved.

It is not simply a marketing gimmick, despite what one may presume.

bemildred

(90,061 posts)
2. I did. And I do not listen to anybody that tells me I don't need to know what I eat.
Sun Nov 4, 2012, 02:00 PM
Nov 2012

It is not their business to decide those things for me, ever.

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