Hundreds of Chefs Endorse GMO Labeling Prop 37

In a few short days, more than 200 chefs have joined Waters’ call for sup­port and have endorsed the peti­tion, with more join­ing the effort daily. Renowned and award-winning chefs from the nation’s top restau­rants have added their names to the peti­tion, includ­ing: Dan Barber, Blue Hill and Blue Hill at Stone Barns; Mario Batali, Babbo, Del Posto, Esca, and many more; Cat Cora; Joyce Goldstein; Deborah Madison; Jacques Pépin; Charles Phan, Slanted Door, Out the Door, and Wo Hing General Store; Nora Pouillon, Restaurant Nora; Elisabeth Pruiett and Chad Robertson, Tartine and Bar Tartine; Andrea Reusing, Lantern Restaurant; Barton Seaver; Bill Telepan, Telepan; and many more.

The Chefs’ Petition In Support of Prop 37 states:

As chefs, we are on the front­lines of feed­ing America and we have an enor­mous stake in ensur­ing trans­parency in our food sys­tem. It is our duty to nour­ish our guests, both in body and soul. However, we can’t pre­pare the best food we know how when infor­ma­tion about the ingre­di­ents we pur­chase is hid­den from us with labels that are miss­ing basic facts. This includes foods that are genet­i­cally engi­neered or con­tain genet­i­cally mod­i­fied organ­isms (GMOs). 

While Proposition 37 does not require restau­rants to label their food as genet­i­cally engi­neered, it pro­vides chefs the abil­ity to know­ingly source ingre­di­ents made with­out GMOs. 

Fifty coun­tries around the world—representing more than 40 per­cent of the world’s population—already require GMO label­ing, includ­ing all of Europe, Japan, India and China. Polls show that more than 90 per­cent of Americans want to know if their food is genet­i­cally engineered. 

We demand the right to know what’s in our food and we are adding our col­lec­tive voices to this movement!

For more infor­ma­tion about the chefs’ peti­tion to sup­port Proposition 37, please visit: http://www.carighttoknow.org/chefs.