December 21, 2001

Concert Held to Support Organic Farmers

There was a boost for organic farmers in Saskatoon this weekend. The Broadway Theatre hosted a benefit concert featuring Wide Mouth Mason.

Members of the Saskatchewan Organic Directorate said they wanted to bring farmers and city people together because they feel genetically engineered crops are hurting organic farmers' businesses.

"Even if you stopped all of the GE canola right now, it'd be a heck of a task to try to clean up the countryside," said Vonda area farmer Mark Loiselle.

"It would take about 10 or 20 years to do that. It's cropping up in people's fields who've never grown it. It's cropping up in lands outside of agricultural lands as well. It's crazy."

Money from the show will go towards a class action lawsuit to fight genetically engineered crops. Organizers hope to launch that sometime in the new year.