Do you know what Prop 37 is?

I got this email from the Institute for Responsible Technology Food Policy Fund: Just to let ya know ( The IRT Food Policy Fund is a 501(c)(4) non-profit organization engaging in advocacy and legislative lobbying activities.) anyways...

Dear Tori,
Monsanto & friends are spending over $1 million a day to fight GMO labeling and defeat Prop. 37. YOU CAN HELP. JOIN the VOLUNTEERS to FIGHT BACK NOW!
I was so confused so I read more of the email and this is what it said:
In less than 2 weeks, Californians will vote on Prop. 37. This is an historic campaign - it would mean that for the first time in the United States, consumers would have the right to know if the food they are eating has been genetically tampered with by chemical companies. Nearly one million Californians signed their names to put the California Right to Know Genetically Engineered Food Act – aka Prop 37 - on the ballot, and over 90% of Americans say they support labeling GMOs. BUT RIGHT NOW, the world's largest pesticide and junk food companies, led by Monsanto, DuPont, Dow Chemical, Pepsi, Kraft & Coca Cola have invested over $40 million and are spending $1 million per day to deceive Californians. They are flooding the state with misleading ads to confuse and scare the voters and to trick people into voting against their own best interests. And it's working. In the past week our poll numbers have dropped from 61% to 48%. WE MUST FIGHT BACK.

Pretty crazy right?! Well if you watch all the videos and links that I posted on the page "what are GMOs?" it says it in those videos also. Then a few days later the votes were counted and California voters voted no to Prop 37 80% of the state voted no which is a shame :/. They voted no because there were so many false tv ads over $40 million dollars were spent on those ads.

But on a good note San Juan County and Washington County passed GMO-Free County initiative. Growing GMOs in the San Juan Islands will shortly be illegal. To be honest I am so happy for them I wish we could at least have that opportunity in Calvert County to even vote on it. I am so happy for them though hopefully it is a step in the right direction!!

 Make sure you follow these emails: make sure you try and keep up on what's going on because we might not know when it comes to our county. Here is there link to follow: FOLLOW THEM

I just wanted to let you in on what's going on in the GMO World:)
Until next time
-Tori