Screener, some more details from Europe
http://www.pgeconomics.co.uk/pdf/Coexistence_spain.pdf
http://www.pgeconomics.co.uk/pdf/Coe...e_paper_01.pdf
http://www.agriworld.nl/public/file/...03-ftcs8.1.pdf
Europe only has GM maize thus far and GM crop growers in Spain are required to plant a conventional pollen buffer provided they grow more than 5 ha of Bt maize.
Forfi, I suspect your informant was min-informed. There are a large number of suppliers of organic food into the US. Even in California there are some 1800 operations covering half a million acres.
http://www.ccof.org/pdf/CCOFStatistics08.pdf More info here:
http://aic.ucdavis.edu/publications/...view_00-05.pdf Also organic imports accounted for 12-18% of retail sales in 2002.
ERS/USDA Briefing Room - Organic Agriculture: Organic Imports Outpace Exports This has likely increased since 2002.
There are a small number of large organic farming corporations based in California, such as Mission Organics and perhaps your informant was thinking about these operations.