Two years ago, another judge in the same court prohibited farmers from growing GE alfalfa because it had not had an adequate EIS. No EIS has yet been conducted for that crop either. (Press release, Earthjustice and other groups, Sept. 22, 2009; ???Judge Rejects Approval of Biotech Sugar Beets,??? by Andrew Pollack, The New York Times, Sept. 23, 2009; www.nytimes.com/2009/09/23/business/23beet.html