OpEdNews - Quicklink: Court rules organic farmers can sue conventional GMO farmers whose pesticides "trespass" and contaminate their fields

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Court rules organic farmers can sue conventional GMO farmers whose pesticides "trespass" and contaminate their fields

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Ethan A. Huff, staff writer, NaturalNews.com: Purveyors of conventional and genetically-modified (GM) crops - and the pesticides and herbicides that accompany them - are finally getting a taste of their own legal medicine. Minnesota's Star Tribune has reported that the Minnesota Court of Appeals recently ruled that a large organic farm surrounded by chemical-laden conventional farms can seek damages for lost crops, as well as lost profits, caused by the illegal trespassing of pesticides and herbicides on its property.

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Ahhhhhhhh the tide turns by Meryl Ann Butler on Thursday, Aug 4, 2011 at 10:27:38 AM

...Supreme Court hasn't gotten its hooks into this, yet... by Jill Herendeen on Friday, Aug 5, 2011 at 12:13:16 PM

Precedent! by Dante DeNavarre on Thursday, Aug 4, 2011 at 9:27:39 PM

die, suckers by Ned Lud on Friday, Aug 5, 2011 at 7:12:42 AM

the costs (and profits) of war by Ned Lud on Friday, Aug 5, 2011 at 6:56:49 AM

Farmer sues Farmer, cute by Dante DeNavarre on Friday, Aug 5, 2011 at 10:27:49 AM

that's the spirit by Ned Lud on Friday, Aug 5, 2011 at 10:38:20 AM

Contamination by Ann Murray on Friday, Aug 5, 2011 at 12:30:48 PM

i definitely agree.. by Meryl Ann Butler on Friday, Aug 5, 2011 at 12:43:50 PM

One would think contaminating an organic farm would be by Samuel Bryan on Friday, Aug 5, 2011 at 1:24:35 PM

that's the best way to make change... by Meryl Ann Butler on Friday, Aug 5, 2011 at 1:33:24 PM

SMALL STEP by tim mcghie on Friday, Aug 5, 2011 at 6:53:59 PM