Right to food victory in Maine

In a historic first for the U.S., Maine voters approved an amendment to the state’s constitution ensuring their right to food
   
The Maine amendment, which was approved by 60% of voters, officially declares that individuals have a right to save and exchange seeds and “grow, raise, harvest, produce and consume the food of their own choosing for their own nourishment, sustenance, bodily health and well-being”
   
In 2017, Maine’s Food Sovereignty Act became a law, affording municipalities the right to regulate local food systems, from production to processing and consumption, and allowing farmers to sell their goods directly to consumers, with the exception of meat and poultry 

A number of other states have various versions of food freedom legislation already on the books; Wyoming expanded their Food Freedom Act in 2020 to allow shelf-stable homemade foods to be sold in retail shops and grocery stores — a law already in place in 17 other states
   
At least 41 bills in 24 states have been introduced in the 2021 to 2022 legislative session that relate to exempting certain foods from state food safety oversight in order to expand food freedom

Read the full analysis by Dr. Mercola

 

 

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