Barbara H. Peterson on October 26th, 2011

Patents with claims on bread, flour and noodles (EP1331845) and cucumber (EP1433378) are due to be granted. For example, on 2 November a patent will be granted to Bayer claiming cucumber derived from conventional breeding. If this development is not stopped, there will soon be patents on air, light and love.

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Barbara H. Peterson on March 5th, 2010

The Heirloom Organics Seeds of Action! program provides seeds and assistance, free of cost, to non-profit groups and organizations throughout North America, who are using seeds for community service projects.

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Barbara H. Peterson on March 19th, 2009

Monsanto is not only overtly taking over the seed market, but covertly also. Did you know that Seminis, “the largest developer, grower and marketer of fruit and vegetable seeds in the world,” is owned by Monsanto?

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