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We can feed the world! We can poison the world! Those are the approximate extremes of the arguments in favor of, and in opposition to, the use of genetic…
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Jackson County is that rarest of Oregon counties, the only one that has banned the growing of genetically modified (GMO) crops. It took a vote by the…
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Isn't there just ONE thing you'd like to see changed in our food through genetic engineering? For a lot of people, the answer is a resounding NO. It is a…
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Caitlin Shetterly certainly knew that GMO crops existed. But she had not intended to write about them. Until her health, and her son's, began to suffer.…
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Results from the Oregon Primary will be up for discussion on this week's VENTSday. We'll also talk about a past election: Josephine County voters adopted…
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Plenty of people walk around thinking that corporations and people with lots of money call all the shots economically and politically. Some, like…
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Farmers challenging a Southern Oregon county’s voter-approved ban on genetically engineered crops have agreed to settle. If approved by the court,…
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Officially, Jackson County is the only county in all of Oregon allowed to pass an ordinance banning GMO crops, which it did. But the same election…
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Dr. Vandana Shiva is a heroine to many people who want purity and simplicity in agriculture, and a lightning rod for controversy because of it. Shiva, who…
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The letters G, M, and O aren't even words, but they've certainly become fighting words.Witness the U.S. House of Representatives' recent passage of HR…
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A federal judge's decision Friday leaves Jackson County's ban on genetically engineered crops (GMO) on the books, due to take effect June 5th.Magistrate…
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Jackson County's ban on GMO crops is set to take effect on June 6th, unless the federal judge hearing a suit against it blocks it.Another vote on a GMO…
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Genetically modified crops--universally called GMO--are not going away, and neither is the controversy over them. Industry and many regulatory bodies…
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Last spring, voters in two southern Oregon counties passed measures to ban the cultivation of genetically engineered crops. Now, Oregon voters statewide…