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February 2008 - Lake County Considering GE Ban

Organizers in Lake County plan to introduce a motion to their County Board of Supervisors in March 2008 that would ban the production of all GE organisms in the county. The Coalition for Responsible Agriculture attempted a ban on Roundup Ready alfalfa in 2005, but fell one vote short of the needed majority among their Supervisors then.

This county ordinance is the ninth attempted ban or restriction on GE crops at the county level in California since 2004. Four of those attempts - in Mendocino, Trinity, Marin and Santa Cruz - were successful. In 2005/06, a state bill was introduced to prohibit local restrictions on GE crops, but was fought and defeated by a diverse coalition of organizations, businesses and individuals opposed to the undermining of local democratic governance. In 2007, a state bill was introduced to enact some protective measures for farmers, the environment and consumers. That bill is still under consideration (more information can be found on the Cal GE-Free web site).

For more information on the ordinance, and to lend your support, go to the Coalition's web site at http://www.lakelive.org/cra/.