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European-Style GM Crop Destruction Strikes Oregon

By News Desk on June 27, 2013

Federal felony charges of economic sabotage and domestic terrorism could be brought if whoever destroyed two sugar beet fields in Jackson County, Oregon earlier this month is ever brought to justice. The Federal Bureau of…
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Court Says No GM Sugar Beets Without Final EIS

By Dan Flynn on May 24, 2011

Up until now, court challenges to genetically engineered crops have mostly been about process and procedure, not the merits of the brave new GM world.

But a decision last week out of the Ninth Circuit…

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9th Circuit Stops Destruction of GM Sugar Beets

By Dan Flynn on March 2, 2011

Wanting readers to think beyond the Feb. 25 decision by his three-member Ninth Circuit Court panel, calling off the destruction of genetically modified sugar beets, Judge Sidney R. Thomas opted to give them an amusing…

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Vilsack Calls for a Truce in GE Crops Fight

By Helena Bottemiller on December 31, 2010

In an open letter to stakeholders Thursday, USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack called for “a new paradigm of coexistence and cooperation” for both genetically engineered and non-GE agricultural approaches.

The letter comes just two weeks after…

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Opponents of GM Sugar Go Back To Court

By Dan Flynn on September 13, 2010

When things get confusing, lawyers do what lawyers do–go back to court for directions more to their liking.

And that’s exactly what has happened when it comes to genetically modified sugar beets.

The original opponents…

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USDA Sticks a Hoe into the Sugar Beet Issue

By Dan Flynn on September 2, 2010

Caught since Aug. 13 between a federal judge and some inept inaction by the Agriculture Department, sugar beet growers with about one million acres in a dozen states have been wondering what’s going to be…

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Beet Growers Ask: ‘What About Next Year?’

By Dan Flynn on August 24, 2010

With imports cut off and sugar available for purchase only with the right ration coupon, the federal government during World War II put out a poster that said: “Plant More Sugar Beets!”

Now sugar beet…

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GM Sugar Beets Put Back Under USDA Regulation

By Dan Flynn on August 17, 2010

If you’ve been feeling out of sync from trying to follow the ball on genetically modified (GM) sugar beets, the ten-page order last Friday from U.S. District Court Judge Jeffrey S. White probably is not…

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More ‘Made in Croatia’ Food Coming

By Dan Flynn on March 28, 2010

More food exports by Croatia will be safe as its consumer protection policies will be up to European Union standards.

Those are among the findings of a new World Trade Organization (WTO) review of Croatia’s…

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Judge Lets Growers Plant Roundup Ready Beets

By Dan Flynn on March 17, 2010

U.S. District Court Judge Jeffrey White Tuesday denied a request for a preliminary injunction against using Monsanto’s Roundup Ready sugar beet seed during the upcoming planting season.

The ruling means sugar beet growers will not…

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