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California's Ag Industry Worried that State Committee will Focus on "Emotion"

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My concern is that decisions, laws, regulations, what have you may be based on emotion rather than on sound science, solid data and good facts,” said Jim Bogart, president and general counsel for the Grower-Shipper Association of Central California, Salinas.

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From Today's New York Times

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9): Thank you for encouraging California voters to support the state’s Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty Act, or Proposition 2, on the November ballot. Consumer boycotts and protective laws are desperately needed. To the Editor: Re “ Standing, Stretching, Turning Around ” (editorial, Oct. Karen Davis Machipongo, Va.,