Canadian farmers are warning against growing the first GM food crop to be approved in Australia. 

Mr Macdonald says a separation of GM and non-GM canola will happen and his state is the only one imposing conditions on farmers. 'Our system in New South Wales requires an application by a proponent before an expert committee,' he said. 

Canadian Farmers Union spokesman Terry Boehm says GM quickly overtakes other canola crops. 'You're not going to segregate them ... they have a myriad of little pockets to catch canola seeds in,' he said. 'You have winds here like we have in the Canadian prairies. Buffer zones - it's a dream.' 

NSW Says Strict Conditions Will Contain GM Canola

Flowers are rarely eaten.

They aren’t worn against the skin like organic cotton, or rubbed on the body like soap.  

Perhaps that’s why organic flowers have not been a big business, especially compared with organic fruits and vegetables.  

That may be changing. The environmentally correct flower is now sold on Web sites like organicbouquet.com, by small florists like Ms. Sabankaya and by big retailers like Sam’s Club and FTD, the floral delivery network. 

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