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U.S. Finally Talking About Patent Reform
The New York Times headline this past weekend seemed too good to be true: "U.S. Says Genes Should Not Be Eligible for Patents." In a …
Seed Digest (October 16 – 29, 2010)
Communities Gather to Taste NOVIC Peppers, Carrots, Beets Katherine Deumling describes her experience at a recent Northern Organic Vegetable …
Communities Gather to Taste NOVIC Peppers, Carrots, Beets
Katherine Deumling describes her experience at a recent Northern Organic Vegetable Improvement Collaborative (NOVIC) tasting, where she …
Is a New Agreement Between USDA and Biotech Progress?
Nature Biotechnology reports that a new research licensing agreement between USDA scientists and Monsanto has been finalized. This licensing …
Why Organic Seed? OSA’s John Navazio Has the Answer
Seed Workshops and Speakers Not to Miss!
Whether you’re a farmer, plant breeder or policy wonk, the 2011 Organicology Conference offers seed workshops and speakers for everyone. …
Monsanto to Farmers: Apply More Chemicals, We’ll Foot Bill
The story goes like this: In the late '90s, Monsanto and other biotech firms assert their new herbicide-tolerant GE crops are good for the …
Catch Up on Your Seed News!
OSA SEED DIGEST (October 15, 2010) The Changing Landscape of Seed Advocacy Perhaps you’ve read the reports on shifting attitudes toward GE …
The Changing Landscape of Seed Advocacy
Perhaps you’ve read the stories lately on GE crops. The Christian Science Monitor reports that farmers are “casting a critical eye on the …
On Seed and Salmon
The New York Times published a lengthy piece yesterday that explores the science on genetically engineered salmon and their containment, the …
The Conventional Sugar Beet Seed Question
It's up to a handful of sugar beet seed companies to come clean to farmers about the state of conventional seed: "In the year that has …
