Call for GMO Labelling

Photo by Anna Savoia

Princeton's Whole Earth Center played host to a group of marchers campaigning for mandatory labelling of genetically-modified foods.

Dubbed the "GMO Right2Know March", this trek began in Brooklyn on Saturday, and aims to reach a World Food Day rally in Washington D.C. on Oct. 16.  Along the way, marchers plan to stage rallies and meetups to raise awareness of their cause.

"Genetically Modified Organisms  (GMOs) endanger our health, the environment, and our farmer’s livelihoods",  the Right2Know website explains.  The organizers are calling for American food companies to label GMO foods, as is currently required in Japan and several European countries.

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Donna Liu

Founder, AllPrinceton

Donna Liu is a digital journalist who has lived in Princeton with her family since 2002.  She founded AllPrinceton in 2010 as an online hub for community news and information.  At Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, she built UChannel - an online archive of public affairs lectures in academia.  Before that she established and managed CNN International's Asia Production Center in Hong Kong.