Directly challenging the powerful biotech industry, a dozen
counties in California are now working towards becoming
free of genetically engineered crops and animals. Following
the lead of Mendocino County, whose citizens voted on March
2, 2004 to make it a GE-free zone, counties including Marin,
Sonoma, Humboldt, Butte, San Luis Obispo, and others are
gathering petition signatures by the thousands in order
to place “GE-Free Zone” ordinances on voter ballots for
November. A parallel effort is underway in Boulder County,
Colorado. Organizers of these campaigns are working on tight
petition deadlines and need volunteers and donations in
their area. Additional campaigns are sprouting across the
nation, from Vermont to Hawaii.
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