California Counties May Ban Biotech Crops
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Dairy farmer Dennis Leonardi, who describes himself as a "taxpayer and law-abiding citizen," will soon harvest the genetically engineered corn he grows to feed his 400 cows.
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The Food and Drug Administration will publish draft guidelines today that would encourage companies to submit voluntary safety evaluations of bioengineered food crops that sometimes
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US farmers given go-ahead to produce cloned meat for human food chain
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California's  farming industry is girding for another potential black eye  after a second outbreak this year of a potentially deadly E.  coli strain linked to its crops.
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Silicon Valley tycoons, Nobel laureates and Hollywood celebrities are backing a measure on California's Nov. 2 ballot to devote &#36;3 billion to human embryonic stem cell experiments in what would be the biggest-ever state-supported scientific research program in the country.
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KANSAS CITY, Missouri  - Opponents of biotech crops said on Wednesday they were filing a lawsuit to challenge the USDA's deregulation of Monsanto Co's genetically engineered sugar beet because of fears of "biological contamination" and other harm to the environment.
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By Larry Parsons, The Monterey County Herald, Calif.  Dec. 17--A long environmental battle over storm runoff into ocean waters off the Monterey Peninsula is close to over, though several local jurisdictions could still challenge details of the antipollution program.
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Oversight has been lax on medical marijuana clinics in California and who can grow the dope for medical purposes. But cities are halting new clinics and the DEA is targeting those with iffy practices. By the Associated Press.
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Californians voted Tuesday to spend &#36;3 billion on stem cell research, putting the state on the cutting edge of a field questioned by conservatives and the Bush administration. Arizonans approved a crackdown on illegal immigrants, and 11 states from Georgia to Oregon adopted bans on same-sex marriage.
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California produce growers and processors worked to draw up new food-safety measures as government investigators trying to pinpoint the source of the deadly E. coli outbreak narrowed their search to three counties.
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The Stowers Institute for Medical Research has spoken. If Missouri bans embryonic stem-cell research, as some legislators want, the institute will not build a second facility in Kansas City.
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The Agriculture Department is trying to block the planting and distribution of a long-grain rice seed because it may contain traces of genetically engineered rice, officials said Monday.
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KANSAS City, Missouri  - A federal judge on Monday issued a preliminary injunction banning the sale of Monsanto Co.'s  genetically modified alfalfa and any planting of the seed after March 30.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture  on Friday banned farmers from planting a variety of rice  containing genetically modified material that has not been  approved by the government, and it told growers to destroy any  plantings of the seed.
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By Andrew Edwards, San Bernardino County Sun, Calif.  Feb. 14--BIG BEAR LAKE -- City leaders want to study how proposed  regulations on vacation rentals will affect the economy here before they take  action on the issue.
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Former Massachusetts House Speaker Thomas M. Finneran, who opposed embryonic stem cell research while on Beacon Hill, now says state lawmakers should support the research in order for the Bay State to keep up with California.
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By Larry Parsons, The Monterey County Herald, Calif.  Sep. 21--A proposal to offset the future loss of Monterey County farmland to development in the proposed county general plan provoked heated protests Wednesday before county planning commissioners.