25 People Who Are Changing the World – Maine Farmer Is One of Them, Says Utne Reader

“Gerritsen, who grows organic seed potatoes on his family’s Wood Prairie Farm in northern Maine, is president of the Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association (www.osgata.org), the national membership trade organization of the organic seed community, lead plaintiff in the OSGATA et al v. Monsanto lawsuit, which is currently in pre-trial procedural motions. OSGATA is [...]

Monsanto Corn Under Attack By Superbug

Wow, what is happening here? Monsanto seems to be having issues of some kind. Better read more about this…

Monsanto Trying to Take Over World Seed Supply, Nation by Nation

“Unfortunately for the global community Monsanto is accomplishing their purpose. They currently own 90% of the world’s patents for GMO seed including cotton, soybeans, corn, sugar beets and canola.” Read more about our most needy corporation…

Is the World Producing Enough Food?

As a follow up to my previous blog post and the article about Monsanto here is another article that focuses, as usual, only on large market economies and the rise on a global scale of food prices. Why are we so keen to focus only on national and international economies when the best, and only, [...]

A Good Reason for Us To Save Our Own Seeds

It is important for us to begin the process of saving our seeds. There are currently many back orders for seeds because of, happily, the surge in growers everywhere, especially in the local food movement. Saving seeds is very easy, but it takes some patience. The book, Seed to Seed, is an excellent resource. It [...]