One might think a series of public debates would challenge opposing factions beyond their talking points, but not so much with this proposed set of laws, one mo...
So, what does local GMO measure 2-89 do? What are the pros and cons?
Ballots will be mailed April 30, and due back on May 19. Measure 2-89 mandates that all ...
by Bethany Carlson
"We had tried every other avenue to protect our seed from contamination by GMOs,” said Dana Allen, co-author of Measure 2-89. Allen explai...
by Rob Goffins
Ballots will be mailed April 30, and due back on May 19. Measure 2-89 mandates that all genetically modified organisms in Benton County be har...
Oregon State University Housing and Dining Services (UHDS) has gotten a lot of heat from The Advocate in the past. We outlined how their promises don’t match up...
The Local Food System Ordinance of Benton County scored a major victory against GMOs yesterday. Its dedicated volunteers have guaranteed the petition will colle...
Until this week, activists in some Oregon counties were pushing to ban genetically modified crops, sometimes referred to as GMOs. Now, they are now looking at a...
From the state that brought you Todd “legitimate rape” Akin (R-Mo), comes a new breed of awful in the form of Senator Roy Blunt (R-Mo), sponsor of Section 735—t...
Gene flow is not a new problem for American agriculture—farmers have been facing it for, well, as long as humanity has been farming (that’s about 10,000 years)....
These small area farmers may not have envisioned taking on Benton County’s attorney and the global issue of genetically modified (GMO) crops, but that was befor...
A new study shows that rats fed on Monsanto’s NK603 genetically modified Roundup Ready corn, or exposed to the Roundup weed-killer itself, may suffer major health damage....
