Who should get to rent land from the County of Boulder, Colorado? Farmers who promise to grow only non-GMO crops, or . . . those other guys.
It’s turning into an election issue, with two county commissioners’ seats coming up in November. In December, Boulder County’s three commissioners voted unanimously to allow Roundup Ready sugar beets and genetically modified corn to be grown on about 16,000 acres of cropland the county’s open space department leases to farmers, according to Boulder Colorado Business Report. The farmers pay $1.6 million in lease fees annually.