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July 29, 2011

Australian organic Farmer sue neighbours over GM crops

After the agriculture authority stripped him of his organic status, an organic farmer in Australia has started legal action against his neighbour because he claims that GM cranola was blown onto his farm from his neighbour. This is believed to be the first case of it kind in Australia concerning GM crops and organic farmers.

Steve Marsh lawsuit against Micheal Baxter is demanding compensation over the loss of his status which was lucrative and had taken him 10 years to build up his organic food business and this was devastated by the loss of his certificate, with about 70 percent of his land now unusable for organic farming. Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little, The Global Miller, published and supported by the GFMT Magazine and the International Milling Directory from Perendale Publishers
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