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FFSC Member Article on OSGATA et. al. GMO lawsuit in Capital Press (Jonathan Spero)Apr 30, 2012 02:00 PMFFSC member Jonathan Spero wrote an article for The Capital Press on the OSGATA et. al. lawsuit against Monsanto. FFSC is a co-plaintiff in the suit, and many FFSC member farms are also co-plaintiffs individually. The lawsuit seeks to overturn Monsanto's patents on GMO seeds and protect farmers who don't grow GMO crops from patent-infringement lawsuits if their crops are contaminated by pollen from nearby GMO crops. A federal judge overturned the suit and OSGATA et al. are appealing the decision. Check out the blog for Jonathan's analysis and call to action to protect organic seed. Family Farmers Seed Cooperative March 2012 E-NewsletterApr 10, 2012 12:40 PMHappy spring and International Year of Cooperatives! We hope you're enjoying successful, satisfying planting and preparation. If you're looking to augment your winter and spring plantings or stock up on seed to start in the summer and fall for late season and overwintered harvests, check out our vegetable seed lineup and order online. Supporting small-scale organic seed farming has become more important than ever. Click on the title to read our full March e-newsletter and learn more, including a link to a Huffington Post article featuring FFSC member, Theresa Podoll, from Prairie Road Organic Farm talking about the benefits of organic seed; and an update on the Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association-led lawsuit challenging Monsanto's patents on GMO seed and asking for immunity in patent infringement lawsuits that growers can face if their crops are contaminated by GMO crops on nearby farms. Huffington Post: Who Grows Our Food: Theresa Podoll, Prairie Road Organic FarmFeb 27, 2012 05:15 PMThe Huffington Post recently ran a piece on organic seed, featuring FFSC member Theresa Podoll of Prairie Road Organic Farm. We've posted it here for you to enjoy and share. "Who Grows Our Food: Theresa Podoll, Prairie Road Organic Farm" Seeds are where it all begins. They promise the start of things. They're "the very basis of our food and agriculture," says Theresa Podoll of Prairie Road Organic Farm. That's why the seeds Podoll and her family grow are organic...As [a member of] the Family Farmer Seed Cooperative, Podoll spreads the way of organic seed far beyond her family's 480-acre farm. Launched in 2008, the cooperative began as a tight network of small family farms devoted to keeping organic seeds in the hands of farmers, increase organic seed production and "produce high-quality seed that is disease-resistant and true to type." Now with 14 members "the co-op allows us to band together and raise the bar of organic seed at the national level." |
