Farmers hope to ban GMO crops

Supporters of a local ban on genetically modified crops filed signatures with the Jackson County clerk last week in Medford to put a measure on the county ballot.

Supporters carried signs and drove a tractor outside the Jackson County Courthouse before filing 6,710 signatures with the county clerk. To get on the ballot, 4,662 will have to be certified. Barring a special election, the next ballot it could get on would be May, 2014.