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California Farm Bureau Federation
Olive farmer from Oroville, California and Second Vice President of the California Farm Bureau Federation
PROFILE
Jamie Johansson
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FROM Jamie Johansson
Which Way, L.A.?
California Voters and the Food Supply In an era of political polarization, Democrats and Republicans agree on one thing: about 90 percent in both parties tell pollsters they want to know if they're eating genetically modified food. Now it appears that a measure called " The California Right to Know Genetically Engineered Food Act " has qualified for the November ballot and, if it…
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