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Confirmed: Unwanted GMO Alfalfa Found On Washington Farm
Genetically modified alfalfa has been confirmed on a Washington State farm where GMO alfalfa supposedly was not planted, and where the hay farmer did not want such a crop.
The Washington Department of Agriculture – the USDA branch — is reporting that the samples from the farm in the eastern section of the state showed a “low level presence” of Monsanto’s Roundup Ready alfalfa.
Such genetically engineered alfalfa seeds are able to tolerate the popular Monsanto Roundup weed spray. The tests on the crop were initiated after a non-GMO farmer had his alfalfa crop turned down by an agricultural broker who found GMO pesticide resistance in the load.
Washington Department of Agriculture spokesman Mike Louisell called it “the end of the process” for his department and said nothing else would be done as far as the state department of agriculture was concerned. The department in a press release said “there is strong market demand for Round-Up Ready alfalfa and conventional alfalfa varieties.”
Washington state Senator Maralyn Chase, a Democrat, said the state’s farmers “are becoming collateral damage of the reckless practices of the agriculture industry in this country.”
“As a result, their farms are put in danger and our state stands to lose literally millions —
Source: http://www.offthegridnews.com/2013/09/17/confirmed-unwanted-gmo-alfalfa-found-on-washington-farm/
