Mendocino, North of San Francisco is the United States first GMO free county, voters decided on "Super-Tuesday" by passing a general ban on raising genetically engineered plants in the County. GM-Companies had in vain spent a fortune, to stop such local legislation.</p><p><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26874-2004Mar3.html">Washington Post</a></p><p><a href="http://www.madison.com/captimes/opinion/column/nichols/69402.php">Opinion: John Nichols: Vote against gene-altered food historic (captimes.com)</a></p><p><a href="http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/8103136.htm">biotech industry considers lawsuit against Mendocino</a></p><p><a href="http://www.saveourseeds.org/downloads/mendocino-gmo.pdf">The Mendocino Ordinance on GMOs</a>