League of Women Voters To Discuss Agricultural Policy

February Unit meetings address no less a weighty subject than what agricultural policies the US League of Women Voters should support. As always, Units welcome non-members who wish to express their points of view.

Traditionally, the government has overseen farm subsidies and regulates for safe food production. But since League's last adopted positions in 1988 agriculture has changed mightily. Consider the widespread use of new chemicals, antibiotics for growth enhancement, demands for accurate food labeling, and trademarked genetic modifications of plant and animal DNA.

A trove of background reading is offered offered online at our US League of Women Voters website.