Dive Brief:

• A group called "Oregon Right to Know" is collecting signatures in an effort to put an initiative requiring GMO food labeling on the November ballot.
• The group must collect 87,213 valid signatures by July 3 to force a vote on the issue. 
• The move comes just days before voters in a rural Oregon farming county will vote on whether to ban the use of GMO crops. 

Dive Insight:

Now that Vermont has become the first state in the union to require GMO labels, it was inevitable that the issue would return to the voting booth in other states.

Oregon is a left-leaning state. And it seems quite likely that "Oregon Right to Know" will get the signatures it needs to force a vote. After that, it's anybody's guess what will happen. As we've noted before, the debate over GMO foods has changed dramatically.