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Rural Oregon county votes on GMO crop ban amid U.S. labeling uproar
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A man walks past harvested stacks of pine at Ballypatrick forest near the town of Ballycastle on the north Antrim coast
A man walks past harvested stacks of pine at Ballypatrick forest near the town of Ballycastle on the north Antrim coast, May 20, 2014. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton (NORTHERN IRELAND - Tags: SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT)
A man walks past harvested stacks of pine at Ballypatrick forest near the town of Ballycastle on the north Antrim coast
A man walks past harvested stacks of pine at Ballypatrick forest near the town of Ballycastle on the north Antrim coast, May 20, 2014. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton (NORTHERN IRELAND - Tags: SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT)
A man walks past harvested stacks of pine at Ballypatrick forest near the town of Ballycastle on the north Antrim coast
A man walks past harvested stacks of pine at Ballypatrick forest near the town of Ballycastle on the north Antrim coast, May 20, 2014. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton (NORTHERN IRELAND - Tags: SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT)