The purpose of this article is to raise awareness … and to inspire a response from the broader agricultural community. Boulder County, like Hawaii, is home to significant sentiment that modern farming genetics and inputs are somehow immoral, dangerous, and should be eliminated. Public hearings and subsequent decisions are founded on the pleas of passionate citizens, convinced that they are being systematically poisoned by farmers and seed companies.
Science does not matter.
Facts do not matter.
Evidence does not matter.
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…Boulder County, Colorado is just one of several microcosms where concerned citizens are being manipulated by well-funded activist campaigns that manufacture fear. The goal is to affect policy, as is happening to these farmers.
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The situation is best told by area farmer Fameur Rasmussen Jr. … His Facebook post is a testament to the evidence-free decisions in agriculture foisted on farmers by those that know little about farming. Please take a few minutes and read it. It is exquisite.
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Science is not a democracy.
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Read full, original post: Boulder County Officials Vote Against Farmers, Scientists
