Earthly matters

In December The Supreme Court of Canada turned down the Saskatchewan certified organic farmer's appeal in seeking class action status in order to pursue their claim for losses due to contamination of certified organic crops by GMO canola owned by Monsanto Canada and Bayer Crop Science.

GMO canola has been frankensteined by Monsanto and Bayer Crop Science and as a result organic farmers cannot grow organic canola because of genetic cross contamination. This important stand by Saskatchewan Organic Growers (SOD), has taken years to come about and these passionate advocates of our food safety have spent thousands of hours trying to make this situation right.

Plaintiff Larry Hoffman said “We are very disappointed that the Supreme Court was not willing to hear our arguments. We will be taking some time to consider our options. The fact of GMO contaminationand the reality of losses we organic farmers suffer because of it have not gone away. We will continue fighting to protect the right to farm GMO free and the right to eat GMO free.”