A county jury has decided that Germany-based Bayer CropScience owes a dozen Arkansas rice growers $48 million for failing to contain its GE …
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Washington Post: Are regulators dropping the ball on biocrops?
This comprehensive piece today on biotech crops covers problems associated with glyphosate, lawsuits against USDA (including OSA's sugar …
Interview with OSA’s Matthew Dillon on threats to and benefits of organic seed systems
Last Saturday Deborah Garcia (producer and director of The Future of Food) and Temra Costa (author of several books, including Farmer Jane) …
OSA Releases Three New Organic Seed Production Publications
OSA's education program staff - Micaela Colley, John Navazio, and Jared Zyskowski - along with assistance from an array of seed …
Gates Biotech Agenda – the latest round in colonialism – extract benefit & create dependence
Last week there was a rare opinion piece in the traditional newspaper pages - and from of all sources the Des Moines Register. Rare in …
FAO Forum on Food- Strengthening Food Security by Empowering Farmers to Contribute to Seed Biodiversity
FAO has released the proceedings from their forum exploring "the trends affecting agriculture which lead to expanding monocultures and …
Symposium looks at saving and restoring seed in Hawai‘i
Symposium looks at saving and restoring seed in Hawai‘iContact: Janis Wong, media relationsThe Kohala …
Afternoon Panel – How have technological developments and structural changes affected the competitive dynamics of the seed industry?
Afternoon Panel: How have technological developments and structural changes affected the competitive dynamics of the seed …
A few pics from the day
A few pics of the day so far:where we are:Attorney General Holder speaks with a rancherKristina Hubbard (Out of Hand Report), Harvey …
opening remarks – Secretary Vilsack and Attorney General Eric Holder
Vilsasck says we've lost 80,000 "middle sized" farms in the last year alone. Vilsack states the these workshops are long overdue. Starts out …
Blogging from the Department of Justice Antitrust Hearings
I'm in Ankeny, Iowa the first USDA-DOJ "Public Hearings Exploring Competition in Agriculture". We're at the FFA building at Des Moines …
On-farm seed breeding projects help farmers develop desirable crop traits
Organic Seed Alliance received a grant from Organic Farming Research Foundation (OFRF) to develop breeding populations for organic broccoli, …
