http:\/\/reason.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/29\/vandana-shiva-is-one-of-the-worlds-worst<\/a><\/p>\nNavigating between such\u00a0polarized views is not easy. The GMO debate, of course, exceeds the work of any single activist, but these pieces offer a good starting point for those wishing to get caught up on the most recent flare-up.<\/p>\n
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With its passage of Act 120 this past June,\u00a0Vermont became the first U.S. state to require mandatory labeling of foods containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs). (This followed Connecticut’s and Maine’s decisions to require it once\u00a0adjacent states do.) Since then, GMO food manufacturers have announced they will challenge that decision in court. 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