{"id":2353,"date":"2021-11-11T21:20:43","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T21:20:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/eminentdomain\/wp-eminentdomain\/?p=2353"},"modified":"2021-11-11T22:24:39","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T22:24:39","slug":"nov-ballot-initiative-right-to-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/eminentdomain\/wp-eminentdomain\/nov-ballot-initiative-right-to-food\/","title":{"rendered":"Nov. Ballot Initiative. Right to Food."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What is happening? Maine voters passed a right to food proposition that will &#8220;give small producers and indeed all individuals the \u201cright to grow, raise, harvest, produce and consume the food of their own choosing for their own nourishment, sustenance, bodily health and well-being.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Why is this important? Maine is the 1st state with a Right to Food. And it was pretty popular passing with more than 60%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How will this be important? The courts will determine what the rules of the game are and how it proceeds in other states that are considering a Right to Food amendment. Opposition in Maine included: Maine Farm Bureau, the Maine Potato Board, the Maine Grocers and Food Producers Association, the Maine Veterinary Medical Association and the Maine Municipal Association<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.agri-pulse.com\/articles\/16771-what-does-maines-right-to-food-amendment-mean-for-agriculture-in-the-state-thats-up-to-the-courts-to-decide\">AgriPulse | What does Maine&#8217;s &#8216;right to food&#8217; amendment mean for ag? The courts will decide<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.agriculture.com\/news\/business\/voters-to-decide-constitutional-right-to-food-in-maine\">Successful Farming | VOTERS TO DECIDE CONSTITUTIONAL \u2018RIGHT TO FOOD\u2019 IN MAINE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is happening? Maine voters passed a right to food proposition that will &#8220;give small producers and indeed all individuals the \u201cright to grow, raise, harvest, produce and consume the food of their own choosing for their own nourishment, sustenance, bodily health and well-being.\u201d Why is this important? Maine is the 1st state with a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/eminentdomain\/wp-eminentdomain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/eminentdomain\/wp-eminentdomain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/eminentdomain\/wp-eminentdomain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/eminentdomain\/wp-eminentdomain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/eminentdomain\/wp-eminentdomain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2353"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/eminentdomain\/wp-eminentdomain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2353\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2355,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/eminentdomain\/wp-eminentdomain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2353\/revisions\/2355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/eminentdomain\/wp-eminentdomain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/eminentdomain\/wp-eminentdomain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/eminentdomain\/wp-eminentdomain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}