This report explains why contamination from a GMO is inevitable once it is released and contains current contamination examples.

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For the past year, conventional, organic and biotech farmers, state agencies and interested stakeholders met in Honolulu to discuss "co-existence" of farming practices. This group formed three committees. Each of the committees attempted to come up with recommendations to the Legislature for their portion of the exercise. The committees were called Biological Drift, Chemical Contamination and Seed Supply. Their recommendations were summarized in the document "Exploring Coexistence: Preliminary Best Management Practices of Diverse Farming Practices."

This Alternative Report, written by a group of the farmers who also attended these meetings, arose out of the need to accurately communicate and highlight many of the problems, legal battles, and governmental initiatives surrounding the new technology of genetic engineering of agricultural crops.