USDA to drop a genetic bomb | INFORUM | Fargo, ND

USDA to drop a genetic bomb | INFORUM | Fargo, ND: "By allowing the unrestricted release of genetically modified, Roundup Ready alfalfa, the U.S. Department of Agriculture under Secretary Tom Vilsack is allowing Monsanto to drop a genetic atomic bomb on organic agriculture, family farmers and consumers.

Pollinated by bees, RR alfalfa will spread to fields of both conventional and organic farmers. This will be especially devastating to organic dairy farming.

Roundup is glyphosate, a relatively lower toxicity, broad-spectrum herbicide and probably agriculture’s best. High percentages of corn, soybean and cotton crops carry the glyphosate-tolerant RR trait, and the result has been millions of acres infested with glyphosate-tolerant weeds."