No on Oregon's Measure 92

No on Oregon's Measure 92

Next week the fate of Oregon’s Measure 92, which calls for labeling of GMO food will be decided. Brenda Frketich of Kirsch Family Farms in St.Paul Oregon raises hazelnuts and rye grass seed. She has been one of the spokespeople for the “No on 92” campaign.
Frketich: “It would cover about 70 percent of the products on the shelves in the state of Oregon. It should be on the nationally level in my opinion. I think that this is a situation that is of national concern. You can look at the purely the funding that is going into this race on the yes and no side — and it is coming from all over the nation because people see the importance on both sides. For me, I see the importance of it not just being in Oregon, and not segregating our state from the states in the nation.”
Another issue that concerns Frketich is the fear factor being used by yes-side.
Frketich: “If you actually read the bill, it’s amazing how much they ignore science when they are writing this. It is unfortunate that they have let fear kinda of creep into this measure instead of letting science guide them. For me, I’m against it. I think their end name is to get rid of a lot of these tools that help Oregon farmers.”
She adds that her family’s farm doesn’t grow any GMO crops.
Frketich: “I still think it could be a determinant to our future and I think that it is taking a step in the wrong direction for our state.”
Colorado voters will also be deciding whether GMO food is labeled in their state with Proposition 105.
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