Sentences with phrase «contaminate organic crops»

However, some GM crops such as corn can spread through wind drift and contaminate organic crops, and organic certification does not require testing for GMOs, Smith says.

Not exact matches

A WA oat and wheat grower has become the first farmer to lose his organic certification after his crop was contaminated by a neighbour's genetically modified canola crop.

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A West Australian farmer being sued for allowing his genetically modified canola to allegedly contaminate his neighbour's organic land was «reckless» in how he planted and harvested his crop, a court has been told.

Genetically modified canola grower Michael Baxter says justice was done in the Supreme Court in Perth when he was found not guilty of contaminating his organic neighbour's crops.

In early June, a farmer in southern England used weed killer to destroy 26 acres of engineered oilseed rape produced by a biotech company called AgrEvo, because his farm's trustees were opposed to the trials and were worried that the rape might contaminate nearby organic crops.

For example, an organic farmer can no longer call crops organic if they get contaminated by nearby GM crops.

I'm thinking that synthetic pesticides, fertilizers, etc can not be used for organic crops, but crops could be contaminated by chemicals in the atmosphere just like conventional crops?

Feeding organic pet foods ensures that contaminated crops treated with pesticides don't find their way into your dog's food bowl.