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Oregon counties ban genetically modified crops

By Gosia Wozniacka
Published May 22, 2014 6:25am ET
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Oregon counties ban genetically modified crops
Measure 15-119 supporters react after learning that Roughly 66 percent of Jackson County voters favored banning GMO crops in the first round of election results released tonight while gathered at Capers Restaurant in Medford Ore. on May 20, 2014. ( AP Photo/Mail Tribune, Jamie Lusch) | Lamie Lusch

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Residents of southern Oregon’s agriculture-heavy Rogue Valley have voted to ban genetically modified crops from the area, setting up the next stage of a fight that has gained widespread attention.

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