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If you plan to attend A Citizen’s Assembly of Support for Family Farmers vs. Monsanto, please read and affirm the following principles of assembly. RSVP - A Citizen’s Assembly of Support for Family Farmers vs. Monsanto – Jan. 31, 2012 When: Tuesday, January 31, 2011 @ 9:00 am Where: Southern District Court, New York City Daniel [...] As many of you know, Countryside Organics is a plaintiff in a suit against Monsanto. The next big event in the Organic Seed Growers & Trade Association, et al. v. Monsanto, suit, is coming up. On Tuesday, January 31, 10 am., in downtown Manhattan, the judge will hear oral arguments on Monsanto’s motion to dismiss. [...] We are nearing the final leg of the Agricultural Super Committee Race. Will it arrive a backroom shoe-in? Or will the growing diversity of voices work to prevent the supercommittee from prevailing? Here’s some news: Farm bill runs into 11th-hour opposition Ag secretary says 2012 farm bill thinner [...] We’ve joined in a suit against Monsanto. More info here. Here is a useful YouTube video on the growing practice of marketing “natural” products to organic buyers at organic prices. Natural, used as a marketing term, means only two very specific things. It means that it contains no artificial flavors and no artificial colors. That is it. It doesn’t mean that it is Non-GMO. [...] Here is an excerpt from a rodale.com Roundup story, “Pesticide-exposure expert Warren Porter, PhD, professor of environmental toxicity and zoology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, did the math. He took the air exposure numbers from the USGS study and found some reason for concern. His calculations showed that the levels found in the [...] News of the Glyphosate, available on the Internets: Glyphosate Resistant Superweeds: “The Giant Ragweed Forest: A New Threat to Farming,” Scientific American, May 2011. Regulators Aware of Glyphosate Birth Defects, Huffington Post, June, 2011. GMOs, Glyphosate and Tomorrow. Acres Magazine Interviews Don Huber, Acres, May, [...] Monsanto’s Failure to Provide Binding Legal Covenant To Protect Family Farmers Threatened by GMO Contamination Necessitates Amended Complaint NEW YORK – June 1, 2011 – New threats by Monsanto have led to the filing of an amended complaint (http://www.pubpat.org/assets/files/seed/OSGATA-v-Monsanto-Complaint.pdf) by the Public Patent Foundation (PUBPAT) in its suit on behalf of family farmers, small [...] Brighten your day, get under your skin, a little nervous laughter, Cornucopia has something for everyone. Follow the links… The Monsanto Rag - Music to steel you against Goliath. Synthetic Ingredients Bullied into Organic Usage with USDA Blind-eye Oldie But Goodie – Who Owns Organic? Have a great [...] Countryside Organics is proud to join in as ORGANIC FARMERS AND SEED SELLERS SUE MONSANTO TO PROTECT THEMSELVES FROM PATENTS ON GENETICALLY MODIFIED SEED: Preemptive Action Seeks Ruling That Would Prohibit Monsanto From Suing Organic Farmers and Seed Growers If Contaminated By Roundup Ready Seed. NEW YORK – March 29, 2011 – On behalf [...] |
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