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03/27/2017 / By Thomas Dishaw

New bill would allow farmers to sue Monsanto if GMO crops invade their property

Farmer’s in Oregon could finally get a win in their fight against companies like Monsanto. House Bill 2739 is under consideration and, if passed, it would allow farmers and landowners to sue biotech patent holders like Monsanto for essentially trespassing on their property. The House Bill 2739 summary states that it “Allows cause of action against patent holder […]

01/03/2017 / By Daniel Barker

Oregon’s criminalization of rainwater collection is now complete: Saving water runoff will get you thrown in jail

Officials in Jackson County, Oregon have again shown their disrespect for private property rights, telling a local couple they must tear out a 40-year-old two-acre pond located on the property they bought two years ago. Jackson is the same county that recently imprisoned and fined another area landowner, Gary Harrington, for illegally collecting rainwater – […]

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