Letter to the editor; I522 requiring labels for GM foods to be costly

Soon we will be heading to the polls to vote on several important issues. I want to address Initiative 522, the labeling requirements for genetically engineered foods.

According to the American Association of Advanced Science, Genetically Modified (GM) foods have been tested extensively, and there has been no proof of these products being any more dangerous for human consumption than non-GM foods. In fact, GM has allowed farmers to use less dangerous sprays and pesticides over the past 20 years and to produce larger crops for local, national and world consumption.

As a fifth-generation farm fa...