December 4, 2008

First harvest of genetically modified beets to market

WELLINGTON – Beet grower Richard Seaworth was more than pleasantly surprised when he watched his fall harvest come in.

For Seaworth and most of his fellow beet farmers across the nation, it was the first harvest of a crop of genetically modified beets and the result seems to have been everything that had been anticipated.

“This is the first year sugar cooperatives got together and said we’ll accept these types of beets,” he said. “And we were able to do it with less water, less fertilizer, no harmful chemicals, less diesel fuel and less carbon emissions.”

This year, beets grown for sugar production…

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