Local Government Bans GM Crops to Decrease Pesticide Use While County Continues to Use Pesticide

The use of fearmongering around genetically modified (GM) crops by the organic industry has led to ballot initiatives in several states and counties looking to ban the technology. Arguably, the most famous example was highlighted in Food Evolution when Hawaii outlawed GM crops only to reverse course and rely on the technology to save one of the state’s most popular exports, the papaya, from being wiped out by disease.
In a recent piece for the Daily Camera, Mara Abbott looks at a similar c