继美国加利福尼亚州Santa Cruz、Mendocino、Humboldt、Trinity与Marin县之后，Sonoma县刚刚成为加州投票禁止转基因作物种植第六个县，使这几个县连成禁止转基因作物种植的13.734平方英里（355万公顷）区域，成为美国最大规模禁止转基因作物种植的区域。美国夏威夷州、奥勒冈州都有县投票通过禁止转基因作物种植的先例。【评论：“星星之火可以燎原”，中国哪个县人大能够投票决议“禁止转基因作物种植”率先成为中华民族英雄县！？】
GMO Cultivation Banned in Sonoma County 加州Sonoma县禁止转基因作物种植 http://www.realfarmacy.com/gmo-ban-sonoma/
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Voters just approved a ban on genetically modified crops and organismsin Sonoma County.
加州Sonoma县选民刚刚批准禁止转基因作物和生物。
The ban passed by a margin of nearly 12%. The future and sustainability of Sonoma County agriculture was also at hand during the contest race between organic farmer Linda Hopkins and former state Senator Noreen Evans for the District Five Board of Supervisors seat.
该项投票以近12%优势通过。有机农民琳达-霍普金与前州议员诺利恩-伊万思之间竞选五区督查理事会也决定着Sonoma县农业的为了与可持续性。
With the financial support of many people in the farming and wine industry, won with 54.1% of the vote, a margin of about 2,500 votes.
获得农场与酿酒业许多人士财务支持，禁止转基因作物与生物种植获得了54.1%投票，领先大约2,500张投票。
Hopkins will be the first woman to represent the Fifth District on the Board of Supervisors. The board will be majority-female for the first time in history.
有机农民琳达-霍普金将成为五区督查理事会首位女性成员，而且该督查理事会成员史无前例成为女性为主。
Hopkins will gain the seat and replace Efren Carrillo.
琳达-霍普金取得并却带艾夫仑-卡利落的席位。
Sonoma County is the sixth California county to ban GMOs, joining Santa Cruz, Mendocino, Humboldt, Trinity, and Marin.
Sonoma县是美国加利福尼亚州禁止转基因的第六个县，其他禁止转基因的县为Santa Cruz、Mendocino、Humboldt、Trinity与Marin。
This is a big win for anti-GMO advocates because Sonoma County connects Marin County to Mendocino, Humboldt, and Trinity. This means that the ban creates a 13.734 mile zone where geneticallyengineered plants cannot be grown. This is the largest such area in the United States.
这是反对转基因维权者的重大胜利，因为Sonoma县将已经禁止转基因的Marin县与Mendocino县、Humboldt县和Trinity县相邻。这意味着这几个县连成禁止转基因作物种植的13,734平方英里区域，成为美国最大规模禁止转基因作物种植的区域。
This is a major victory for a movement that has seen mixed results in local and nation-wide efforts to ban GMO crops in other states. Several counties in Hawaii have passed GMO bans that have been overturned by federal judges.
这是近年来其他州与全国性禁止转基因努力取得混杂结果的美国反转运动重大胜利。例如，美国夏威夷州几个县通过了对于转基因种植的禁令，但是被联邦法官推翻。
There have been many examples of this happening throughout the United States. In 2014, a ban in Josephine County, Oregon was found invalid because it conflicted with state law. Yet a ban in Jackson County, Oregon remains in force because Jackson was exempted from the aforementioned state law.
美国各地已经有多项这样的例子。2014年，奥勒冈州Josephine县通过的转基因禁令被发现无效，因为与州法冲突。然而，奥勒冈州Jackson县禁止转基因作物种植的法律继续有效，因为Jackson县获得上述州法的免除。
According to Hudson, farmers who are now growing GMOs will be able to continue growing for the current season as a grace period until the ban begins. If a farm already purchased seed for the following year, he or she will be allowed to plant that year as well.
依据Hudson介绍，该县目前已经种植转基因作物的农民的作物允许，在禁令开始有效前的宽限期内。农民如果在禁令通过前已经购买了明年用的转基因种子，他们明年也可以继续种植。
Yet Tuesday night did not bring victory for all measures. In Healdsburg, Measure T, a ballot measure to eliminate water fluoridation, secured only 41% of the vote.
然而，2016年11月8日的投票对拟议中的所有预防性措施没有取得全面胜利。在Healdsburg，禁止自来水氟处理的投票提议，仅获得了41%投票。
This was the second time in two years that the people of Healdsburg were rejected a fluoride ban.
这是Healdsburg人民两年之内第二次拒绝自来水氟化处理的投票提议。
While the water in Healdsburg is fluoridated, the rest of Sonoma County’s water is not.
尽管Healdsburg自来水进行氟化处理， Sonoma县其他地方自来水不进行氟化处理。
As people become increasingly aware about the health risks of eating GMO food, more and more counties are fighting to ban GMO cultivation on their farmland. GMO plants are known to cross-pollinate with non-GMO plants, putting farmers at risk of losing crop and money. This ban is a step in the right direction for the protection of farmers and consumers alike.
随着越来越多民众不断了解食用转基因食品的健康风险，美国越来越多县民众发动本县境内禁止转基因作物种植的斗争。转基因作物已经知道对非转基因作物造成交叉花粉转基因污染，让非转基因作物种植农民陷入农作物与经济损失的风险。禁止转基因作物的禁令是同时保护农民与消费者正确方向迈进的一步。
Ariana Marisol is a contributing staff writer for REALfarmacy.com. She is an avid nature enthusiast, gardener, photographer, writer, hiker, dreamer, and lover of all things sustainable, wild, and free. Ariana strives to bring people closer to their true source, Mother Nature. She graduated TheEvergreen State College with an undergraduate degree focusing on Sustainable Design and Environmental Science. Follow her adventures on Instagram.
作者Ariana Marisol，系《REALfarmacy》专职作者。她是一位狂热的自然爱好者、园丁、摄影师、作家、徒步旅行者、梦想家，热爱可持续、野生和自由。Ariana努力让人们更加接近他们真正的来源--自然母亲。她毕业于州立长青大学，获得关注于可持续设计于环境科学的本科学位。继续关注她：https://www.instagram.com/mommabearearthquake/
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