Live Breaking News & Updates on மைனே அரசியலமைப்பு|Page 6

Stay updated with breaking news from மைனே அரசியலமைப்பு. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.

Voters will decide if Mainers have a constitutional right to food


The ballot question will ask:
“Do you favor amending the Constitution of Maine to declare that all individuals have a natural, inherent and unalienable right to grow, raise, harvest, produce and consume the food of their own choosing for their own nourishment, sustenance, bodily health and well-being?”
If passed, Maine would be the first state to adopt a constitutional amendment enshrining a right to food. West Virginia and Washington are also considering right-to-food amendments for their state constitutions.
The language to be added to the Maine Constitution would read:
“All individuals have a natural, inherent and unalienable right to food, including the right to save and exchange seeds and the right to grow, raise, harvest, produce and consume the food of their own choosing for their own nourishment, sustenance, bodily health and well-being, as long as an individual does not commit trespassing, theft, poaching or other abuses of private property rights, p ....

Winter Harbor , United States , West Virginia , Billy Bob Faulkingham , Heather Retberg , Amanda Beal , Emily Horton , Aaron Frey , Craig Hickman , Senate Minority Leader Jeffrey Timberlake , Clinic Of The Center , Maine Department Of Agriculture , Health Law , Innovation At Harvard Law School , Maine Food Sovereignty , Maine Constitution , Minority Leader Jeffrey Timberlake , Russell Black , Janet Mills , Maine Department , Forestry Commissioner Amanda Beal , Attorney General Aaron Frey , Broad Leib , Food Law , Policy Clinic , Policy Innovation ,