Federal Judge Orders Destruction Of Transgenic Sugar Beets In AZ, OR

[hatrack]

SAN FRANCISCO, California, November 30, 2010 (ENS) - A federal judge today issued a preliminary injunction ordering the immediate destruction of 256 acres of genetically engineered sugar beet seedlings planted in Oregon and Arizona in September.

Judge Jeffrey White determined that the seedlings had been planted in violation of federal law and regardless of his previous ruling that made planting of GE sugar beets illegal until the U.S. Department of Agriculture completes an Environmental Impact Statement, EIS.

Judge White isssued the injunction in a lawsuit filed by Earthjustice and Center for Food Safety on behalf of a coalition of farmers and conservation groups.

The lawsuit was filed on September 9, after the U.S. Department of Agriculture revealed it had permitted the seedlings to be planted although a court ruling in August vacated the USDA's deregulation of biotech sugar beets, based on the agency's failure to prepare an EIS. The plaintiffs - The Center for Food Safety, Organic Seed Alliance, High Mowing Organic Seeds, and the Sierra Club - had immediately sought a court order to halt the planting.

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http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/nov2010/2010-11-30-093.html

[truedelphi]

1. One for the average citizen.

But in the world according to Monsanto:
Nothing on farmland but large uni-crops.

Birds and wildlife forced away due to provisions of Safe Food Act.

Grain crops containing dangerous levels of fusarium and other moldy life forms (But hey, a diseased citizenry cannot think straight, and why would the Powers that Be want us thinking?)

Everything grown in the USA to be coated with RoundUp and aldehyde(s). (GM crops cannot grow without heavy doses of RoundUp.) most organics to be imports.

I hope that this judege's efforts remain on the boks. butone judge against a multi billllion dollar industry -we all know how those court cases eventually are decided.

[MrsCorleone]

2. I hope that this is meaningful on a larger scale.

Thanks for the post.