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Category: Seed Policy

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Seed Policy · April 15, 2022

Speak Your Truth on Seed Industry Consolidation & Intellectual Property Rights


Submit comments to USDA  through May 16, 2022 On March 11, the USDA launched an inquiry into public concerns regarding seeds and …

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Seed Policy · March 21, 2022

Don’t Miss These Policy Action Opportunities!


Please take a minute to review three important policy comment opportunities related to organic seed systems in the US. From the organic …

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Seed Policy · December 21, 2021

Utility patents and their discontents


In the seed industry, utility patents dominate as the most lucrative form of intellectual property.  A utility patent …

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Seed Policy · December 16, 2021

Can I Save My Seed?


Winter has settled in the northern hemisphere and many of us have put our farms to bed for the season. Some may be headed off to a restful …

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Seed Policy · December 1, 2021

Job opening: Advocacy Intern


APPLICATION PERIOD HAS PASSED Are you ready to roll up your sleeves and join a team committed to growing seed for the common good? As …

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Seed Policy · October 29, 2021

What’s the Cross-incompatibility Trait and How Can It Protect Seed Integrity?


In the face of widespread contamination, organic corn growers and plant breeders need assurance that cross-incompatibility genes will remain …

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Seed Policy · September 27, 2021

Who’s Managing On-Farm Genetic Diversity of Corn in the Upper Midwest?


OSA's Cathleen McCluskey recently published an article from her Agroecology Master's research that focuses on farmers' roles in managing …

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Seed Policy · September 24, 2021

Will a White House Order Sow Seeds of Change on Antitrust?


OSA Advocacy Intern Will Gallagher recently unpacked what a July 2021 White House Executive Order on consolidation in agriculture could mean …

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Seed Policy · September 21, 2021

NOSB Fall Meeting to Continue Discussion on Excluded Methods


The National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) is a fifteen-member volunteer advisory board that meets biannually for public meetings that …

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Events, Seed Ethics, Seed Policy · September 12, 2021

Intellectual Property Rights, Race, and Colonialism: A Community Conversation


See below for the recording of Intellectual Property Rights, Race, and Colonialism: A Community Conversation that took place on September …

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Seed Policy · August 9, 2021

 USDA’s Deregulatory Stance on GE Crops is Risky & Short-sighted


Six environmental advocacy organizations filed suit last week against the USDA, challenging the agency’s May 2020 rule that brazenly removes …

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Seed Policy · March 17, 2021

National Organic Standards Board to Convene Virtually in April


The spring meeting of the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) will be held virtually next month, with opportunities for both written and …

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