NIMBY
or “Not in my Backyard”, is the call going out in Napa and Sonoma Counties on T.V. and in print, to raise awareness on the Glassy Winged Sharpshooter. I posted a story in March about the pest being spotted on some cuttings from southern California. Grape growers are being asked by paper ballot to continue a special assessment tax of $3 from each $1000 worth of grapes sold, set to expire in 2006, until 2011. Some of that funding is being spent on research into the genetic altering of Grapes, something that some counties already prevent the plantings of, with the goal of making the vines immune to the disease.
This article from Associated Press writer Michelle Locke, has more details.
