Jackson County's Anti-GMO Ordinance Goes to Court

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Mon, 03/23/2015 - 10:15am to 11:00am
An update on the lawsuit challenging Jackson County's anti-GMO ordinance.
In May 2014, voters in Jackson County overwhelmingly approved Measure 15-119, banning most GMO crops in the county. The bi-partisan victory came despite a wave of opposition funding from the chemical industry, topping out at nearly $1 million. Now these same biotechnology interests are challenging the ordinance in court

On this episode of Locus Focus we talk about the status of this lawsuit  with Elise Higley, Jackson County farmer and director of Our Family Farms Coalition, the organization that spearheaded the anti-GMO ordinance last fall.

Elise Higley is the director of Our Family Farms Coalition. She and her husband own Oshala Farm, where they grow vegetables and herbs on 113 acres in the Applegate Valley. She represents the hundred and fifty plus farmers in the Rogue Valley who are working to protect their family farms against genetically engineered crops.
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