The Root spoke with the reggae heir about his campaign against genetically modified food.
(The Root) -- David "Ziggy" Marley, Bob Marley's oldest son, is best known for his role as the leader of Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers, but if the reggae heir has anything to say about it, his legacy will be about more than just music.
While he's kicking off a leg of his tour this week at Washington, D.C.'s historic Howard Theatre, what he really wants to talk about is food: specifically, his own line of organic products, Ziggy Marley Organics, and his work as a supporter of the Just Label It campaign, an effort to persuade the federal government to require that foods with genetically engineered or modified ingredients be labeled accordingly.
"If food is labeled, some people might choose to eat stuff that's genetically modified," he told The Root. "They might decide they love it. But give us a choice."
The Root talked to Marley about how his Jamaican childhood informed his perspective on healthy eating, how he balances his music and his activism, and his adamant belief that "the American people are sleeping and need to wake up" when it comes to insisting upon the right to know what we're putting in our bodies.
Read the full story at theroot.com.
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