Oregon Moves To Ban GMO. Destroy All Round Up Crops Within 90 Days

‘Oregon isn’t messing around. Not at all. On May 19th, a vote is expected on Measure 2-89. The measure means that the state would ban all GMOs, and even more shocking, they’d give 90 days for the destruction of Round Up ready beets statewide. You can imagine how fiery the back and forth on this was at the recent town meeting.

But one thing it shows is that Oregon is not playing around anymore with food issues.

The proposal, also known as the Benton County Local Food System Ordinance, will be on the ballot for the May 19 special election. It would ban the cultivation of genetically engineered crops in the county and would require all such crops — primarily Roundup Ready sugarbeets — to be harvested or destroyed within 90 days of passage.’

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