The Avalon Organic Gardens, Farm, and Ranch Report

The Associated Press recently reported Grass that was genetically engineered for golf courses is growing in the wild. Creeping bentgrass was engineered to resist the popular herbicide Roundup to allow more efficient weed control on golf courses. But the modified grass could spread that resistance to the wild, becoming a nuisance itself, scientists say. Such resistance could force land managers and government agencies like the U.S. Forest Service, which relies heavily on Roundup, to switch to “nastier” herbicides to control grasses and weeds, said said Norman Ellstrand, a geneticist and plant expert at the University of California, Riverside.