Maine Voters Add "Right to Food" to State Constitution

Maine Voters Add "Right to Food" to State Constitution

Emma Pettigrew

 Link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/11/03/maine-right-to-food/ 

Voters in Maine approved an amendment on Tuesday that adds the "right to food" to their state constitution. They are the first in the United States to do this. This amendment claims that all people have a "natural, inherit, and unalienable" right to grow, raise, produce, and consume food of their own choosing. They must do this under their legal parameters though. Maine has been at the forefront of the food sovereignty movement, as they remain a state with a bustling agriculture industry, and they hope that in the long run people can see the huge picture with this amendment. They believe that this is a critical movement for those wanting to end hunger one and for all. States such as Wyoming, Montana, Colorado, and North Dakota have pressed similar food sovereignty legislations, and advocates of the amendment are hopeful that more states will follow suit with Maine soon as well.

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  1. BobNovember 4, 2021 at 8:57 AM

    Wow, this seems revolutionary. How will this play out?
    bob

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  2. MaxNovember 6, 2021 at 9:22 AM

    Good post, this seems really interesting. I have never heard of this before. I wonder if this will cause the prices to change if the demand for certain fruits lower because people will be growing their own.

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