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Publication | Nourishing Native Foods & Health

New Genetic Ordinance Empowers the Yurok Tribe to Protect Its Natural Resources

2016

The Yurok Tribe Genetically Engineered Ordinance (GEO), passed in 2015 as part of the tribe’s food policy, is a first-of-its-kind tribal ordinance that prohibits the growth of genetically modified crops and the release of genetically engineered salmon within the tribe’s territory.