Monday Mailing
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The Most Important Thing Food Labels Should Tell Us? Oregon, Washington Blueberry Crops Set Records 5 Ways to Overcome Barriers to Youth Engagement Youth Issues, Youth Voices: A Guide for Engaging Youth and Adults in Public Dialogue and Problem Solving League of Oregon Cities-Small Cities Support Network Travel Oregon 101 The Most Feared Surf Gangs in the World See History in a Whole New Light With Classic Black and White Photos, Now in Living Color Is It O.K. to Kill Cyclists? It’s Official! New Section of Historic Columbia River Hwy State Trail Now Open Funding Opportunities
1. The Most Important Thing Food Labels Should Tell Us? Food labels have become battlegrounds. Just last week, voters in Washington state narrowly defeated a measure that would have required food manufacturers to reveal whether their products contain genetically modified ingredients. Quote of the Week: “We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate. The world is all gates, all opportunities.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Supporters of the initiative — and similar proposals in other states — say that consumers have a right to know what they're eating.
Oregon Fast Fact Some of the earliest rhinoceros fossils in the world were found in the John Day fossil beds.
I started with Jonathan Foley, director of the Institute on the Environment at the University of Minnesota. On Twitter, Foley is @GlobalEcoGuy
But there are lots of things we might want to know about our food. So what belongs on the label? I went to four deep thinkers about food and asked them what they'd most like to see labeled. What's the most important thing to know about food, if you're trying to be a health-conscious, responsible consumer?
To access the full story, click here. 2. How Washington State Made the Health Exchange Work Mindy Mansfield had health insurance when she worked at a factory that made air flow vents in Cle Elum, a small town in central Washington state. It covered the pills she took for her Type 2 diabetes and the ones she needed to ease her arthritis. But as she edged toward retirement age after nearly two decades as a machine operator, Mansfield was laid off. She moved in with her older sister in Kent, lost her medical coverage and jettisoned her arthritis medication because "it was just too expensive." To access the full story, click here.
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