According
to Natural
News, Jackson County and Josephine County will soon be free of GMO
growers, as both counties have voted in favor of the ban. Josephine voted at
57% in favor, and Jackson at 68% in favor.
“Regrettably,
ideology defeated sound science and common sense in Jackson County,” Barry
Bushue, president of the Oregon Farm Bureau, said in a statement. “We respect
the voice of the voters, but remain convinced Measure 15-119 is bad public
policy. While this election is over, this debate is not. We will continue to
fight to protect the rights of all farmers to choose for themselves how they
farm.”
Although
these towns are small, they’ve generated
a great deal of hype around the GMO issue, as pro GMO campaigns raised
nearly $1 million in an attempt to sway voters in favor of keeping GMOs around.
“The
voters here have many generations of fruit and vegetable growing, so they’re
among the most educated voters,” said Chuck Burr, president of the Southern
Oregon Seed Growers Association. “The opposition spent a million dollars and
couldn’t convince the people.”
The
unfortunate aspect to this story is that Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber previously
signed a bill last fall that prohibits local governments from regulating GM
crops on their own. This means that it’s ultimately up to the state. Luckily in
the case of Jackson, their measure had already qualified for the ballot, so an
exception had to be made. In the case of Josephine County, they went ahead with
the ballot regardless of the bill and will now let the courts decide whether
their ban will go through.
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The
FDA allows 3,000+ additives to be used in the US food supply. Reading labels is
a good place to start for avoiding dangerous additives, but this can be
confusing. Not all additives are unhealthy. You will find everyday items on the
list like salt, vitamin C and acetic acid (vinegar). You’ll also find
long-winded names like Eleutherococcus senticosus, which may sound
suspicious, but is actually the healthy herb ginseng.
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see some fascinating and interesting clips regarding the truth about the GMO
issue and more, one can easily log onto:
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