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To: Brumar89 who wrote (53298)	6/3/2014 10:35:42 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 86355

Monsanto, Dupont, and Dow blew $600K in a county with 47K registered voters trying to defeat our GMO ban, so we do attract some attention, along with foreign money. Mendocino County, California, was the first jurisdiction in the United States to ban the cultivation, production or distribution of genetically modified organisms (GMOs). [1] The ordinance, entitled Measure H, was passed by referendum on March 2, 2004. Initiated by the group "GMO Free Mendocino", the campaign was a highly publicized grassroots effort by local farmers and environmental groups who contend that the potential risks of GMOs to human health and the ecosystem have not yet been fully understood. [2] The measure was met with opposition by several powerful interest groups representing the biotechnology industry, The California Plant Health Association (now the Western Plant Health Association) and CropLife America, a Washington-based consortium whose clients represent some of the largest food distributors in the nation, including Monsanto, DuPont and Dow Chemical. [3] Since the enactment of the ordinance, Mendocino County has been added to an international list of "GMO free zones." [4] Pre-emptive statutes banning local municipalities from such ordinances have now become widespread with adoption in sixteen states. [5] en.wikipedia.org Kochs funded the opposition to a zoo revenue measure this year in Columbus, Ohio, so they will spend anywhere on things that don't threaten their business odel dailykos.com Of course we will get industrial grade opposition to this.