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'Non-GMO' labels sow confusion

LOS ANGELES - Clover Sonoma dairy has long cultivated an image as an unconventional alternative for trend-conscious foodies in the San Francisco Bay Area.

The Petaluma processor was among the first dairies to ban growth hormones - now virtually absent from the national dairy herd. It also was a West Coast leader in adopting organic feeds nearly 20 years ago.

So it may have been fitting that Clover Sonoma jumped into the accelerating trend of labeling products as free of genetically modified organisms, or GMOs - which some

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