Overview and Timeliness
Organic Seed Alliance is proud to announce a 2023 Policy Platform for Seed, a list of priorities for advancing equitable and resilient seed systems in the next Farm Bill and beyond.
Congress is already working on the 2023 Farm Bill, and this platform provides a roadmap for centering seed as the foundation of a diverse, healthy, and accessible food system. OSA is asking Congress to ensure that seed systems in the United States are:
- Free from corporate control and managed by the people, not the patent holder
- Regionally adapted to help mitigate the impacts of climate change
- Freely shaped by communities of origin
- Contributing to the common good, including public plant breeding and research
- Readily accessible within the public domain
- Helping organic growers meet regulatory requirements and serve their markets
- Free from GMO contamination
Take Action
Will you help us turn this platform into action? Here are three ways to engage today:
1. Join the growing network of seed policy advocates
Add your name to this list of individuals, organizations, and businesses that support the platform. By adding your name, you will help us demonstrate to Congress a broad base of citizen support for decentralized seed systems that are grounded in the principles of the organic movement.
2. Help us build grassroots power
Share this platform with friends, family, colleagues, and others in your networks and community, and on your social media accounts (view sample messages here).
3. Share your story
If you have a story to share — a direct experience with any of the topics above that may be useful to our campaign — please get in touch!
Join the #LeadWithSeed campaign today!
Summary of the Platform
Check out and share the full platform at this link. A summary is below – click on the policy issue boxes to go deeper.
