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The Fate Of Josephine County's GMO Ban

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Officially, Jackson County is the only county in all of Oregon allowed to pass an ordinance banning GMO crops, which it did. 

But the same election featured a very similar vote in Josephine County, and that also passed. 

Supporters of the ordinance are not giving up on implementing it, and they've taken the issue to court.

We check in on the progress of the suit with reps from Oregonians for Safe Farms and Families and the Siskiyou Seeds.  

 

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Geoffrey Riley is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and has hosted the Jefferson Exchange on JPR since 2009. He's been a broadcaster in the Rogue Valley for more than 35 years, working in both television and radio.