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Saturday, 14 June 2014

Oregon hopes to be first state to map GMO fields

In this photo taken June 6, 2014, grower Robert Purdy stands in his field of genetically engineered sugar beets near Salem, Ore. Purdy, who grows the beets for seed for the Willamette Valley Specialty Seed Association, says a public GMO mapping system isn't needed because growers already participate in a voluntary mapping system. (AP Photo/Gosia Wozniacka) PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Before residents in southern Oregon overwhelmingly voted to ban genetically modified crops last month, farmers negotiated for months with a biotech company that grows engineered sugar beets near their fields.








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