Organic farmer sues over neighbor's pesticides

[nosmokes]

i hope jacobs farms wins big. note that the article says the pesticides were applied correctly but they still ended up where they weren't supposed to be. pretty much proves the point that there really isn't a way to apply poison to food or soil *correctly.*
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original-santacruzsentinel

Organic farmer sues over neighbor's pesticides
By Genevieve Bookwalter
Sentinel staff writer

NORTH COAST — In a case that could reverberate through the county, a judge has ordered a farming service company to temporarily stop spraying pesticides that an organic farmer says are moving with the fog onto his field and destroying his crop.

Organic Jacobs Farms is suing Western Farm Services, a Fresno company that provides and applies pesticides for conventional farmers. The suit, filed by Larry Jacobs, seeks to stop the spraying of pesticides that could travel to his field and an unspecified amount of money to cover the crops he says he lost. The farmer who owns the conventional field is not named in the suit.

The pesticides apparently were applied correctly and did not blow onto the organic field, which would be illegal. Instead, all involved think they were picked up by fog, which can turn pesticides into liquid and carry them off days after they were sprayed.

If the courts rule in favor of the organic farmer and orders those spraying pesticides on nearby farms to stop all together, it could threaten the livelihood of conventional farmers all over the county who deal with fog and organic neighbors, said attorney Dale M. Dorfmeier, who represents Western Farm Services.
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complete article here

[kimmerspixelated]

1. Perhaps this is just the beginning.

I hope so. When will folx wakeup to the dangers of pesticides? We live on a poisoned earth. We need to remove ALL of our toxins...including GW and co.!

[kestrel91316]

2. Good. Time to make the POISONERS think twice about what they are doing.

And run them out of town on a rail if they don't stop.

[soothsayer]

3. I think this is excellent!