Local organic farm joins others in lawsuit
Pollination and drift
Genetic testing for contamination is expensive. Organically certified farms and dairies are not allowed to have any genetically modified contamination to receive certification. The lawsuit claims that organic farmers and non-genetically modified seeds companies are suffering an unfair expense and seeks damages.
“See the real problem with alfalfa is the pollen is spread by insects and so you can’t really, other than killing all the insects, you can’t really stop the spread of the pollination,” Dewane Morgan said. “So they’re slowly going to move the pollen from one plant to another. That’s a natural process to do that.”
“We never planned to become involved in a lawsuit, but morally it has become necessary to stand up and fight for keeping open-pollinated seed safe and available,” Koury said. “Sow True Seed was founded to promote and foster sustainable regional agriculture … Monsanto not only does not embody this vision, but is actually encroaching on our ability to offer open-pollinated and organic seeds.”
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