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To: LLCF who wrote (309)4/15/2004 10:43:47 AM
From: LLCF   of 357
 
Mendocino County (CA) has passed a ballot initiative
making it the first county in the U.S. to ban genetically engineered crops and animals.

<This is an important and precedent-setting victory
for farmers and consumers, particularly given the fact that corporate agribusiness and the biotech industry spent over $620,000 attempting to convince citizens to vote against the referendum>

< The success of the initiative is already proving to be highly contagious. Humboldt County (CA) claims it's next in line for passing a similar referendum, while farmers in the U.S. Midwest see it as evidence that they may be able to resist the release of Monsanto's new GE wheat.>

Considering no one has any idea what the ramifications of GE crops are, this seems slow to me, BWTFDIK.

DAK
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