Sonoma County, CA Working on GM Ban: More GMO-Free Wine to Come

Sonoma County, CA Working on GM Ban: More GMO-Free Wine to Come
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Some of the best wines in the US come from California, with more wineries in the state working to become better by going organic. Now, Sonoma County is taking steps to become GMO-free, putting a ban on the ballot this November, 2016.

The county will begin to collect signatures from thirty different venues throughout the area this December 12 thto help kick off the GMO Growing Prohibition it hopes to add to the November 16 thballot. The county joins the Bay Area to try to make more of California GMO-free.

Though not many commercially-available grapes are yet genetically modified, many beers and wines contain genetically modified ingredients. According to the Organic Vineyard Alliance, a GMO strain of yeast used in winemaking has government approval and is on the market. GMO wine grapes have been made in labs but are not yet on the market. With GM salmon recently approvedby the FDA, though, you can imagine the biotech industry will try to introduce GM grapes as soon as they possibly can.

If you happen to live in Sonoma County, please consider attending a conferenceto talk about ways to spread the word and, of course, to add your signature so that the initiative makes the November 2016 ballot.

When: Saturday, December 12, 2015

Time: 10:30-4

Where: In Conference Room A at SoCo Nexus 1300 Valley House Dr. Suite 100

About Christina Sarich:
	Christina Sarich is a humanitarian and freelance writer helping you to Wake up Your Sleepy Little Head, and See the Big Picture. Her blog is Yoga for the New World. Her latest book is Pharma Sutra: Healing the Body And Mind Through the Art of Yoga.

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