Why marauding elk make a California GMO labeling law a bad idea

...Meanwhile, the Bay Area’s supply of organic dairy products is being threatened by a herd of marauding tule elk in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area in Marin County. The drought has made vegetation in the area scarce, and the elk are bullying the cows that forage there. Ranchers say the elk threaten their dairies’ existence because at least 30 percent of a cow’s diet must be foraged material or they lose their organic certification. (I have no idea how you actually keep track of this.) But outfits like the Center for Biological Diversity are less than sympathetic. “The public doesn’t want these elk relocated, fenced into an exhibit, shot, sterilized or any of the other absurd proposals from ranchers who enjoy subsidized grazing privileges in our national seashore,” said a spokesman.“I think on balance cattle are eating more grass that’s supposed to be going to wildlife than the other way around.” As you can see, California’s foodies are already grappling with several demons. The state doesn’t need a labeling law to make things any more complicated...more