Do consumers have a right to know how their food is produced? Food labels inform consumers what is in their food but provide little information about how it is produced. With the growing complexity of food production and the increasing frequency of food scares, consumers are now more than ever in need of more information about how their food is produced. In this article first published in the January/February 2009 edition of Briarpatch Magazine, Food and Society Policy Fellow Alissa Hamilton reveals one of the obstacles she faces in her work advocating for the right: the historical connection between rights to know and harm prevention. To read the article, please click here.

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