29 States Allow Big Ag To Act As Seed Legislator?

‘States like Oregon, California, Texas, Montana and Iowa just simultaneously nuked the ability to have seed laws. Claws of Big Ag found puppeteering legislators.
With little to no fanfare at all, the states passed “seed preemption laws” that essentially shut down public discourse on seeds laws – including the use of genetically engineered crops. There is consternation that the move was “designed to block counties and cities from adopting their own rules on the use of seeds, including bans on GMOs” since in many parts of the country those crucial decisions are only the state’s to make.
Kristina Hubbard, director of advocacy and communications at the Organic Seed Alliance stated:
This bill should be viewed for what it is — a gag order on public debate.
This thinly disguised attack on local democracy can be easily traced to out-of-state, corporate interests that want to quash local autonomy.’
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