Did Two Oregon Counties Just Ban GMO Crops?Heather Callaghan Despite Big Biotech shelling out hundreds of thousands of dollars to influence the two small counties, residents voted for an all out GMO crop ban in Tuesdays election. Monsanto, Bayer CropScience, BASF Plant Science, Dow Agro Sciences, DuPont Pioneer and Syngenta Crop Protection contributed at least $455,000 towards a campaign to try to sway county residents to abandon the ban. According to Reuters, Opponents conceded defeat but said the debate would continue. In Jackson county, 66 percent of the residents voted for an ordinance to require farmers to harvest, destroy or remove all genetically engineered plants within a year. Although, results wont be official, or certified, for another three weeks. That proposal was two years in the making, upon concerns of GMO contamination via wind drifts to non-GMO fields. Josephine county residents opted for a similar measure, but legal challenges are anticipated as the county still falls under a law passed last year that prohibits GMO bans. Oregons wheat exports were thrown in disarray last year, with the mysterious discovery of biotech test GM wheat that contaminated conventional wheat fields. Are you planning to be at the third worldwide March Against Monsanto? Its taking place everywhere, this Saturday, May 24th. Find A March Near You:http://tinyurl.com/ljlka3e Heather Callaghan is a natural health blogger and food freedom activist. You can see her work atNaturalBlaze.com and selfnewsPost.com. Like at Facebook. Recent posts byHeather Callaghan: 