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Tag: Consolidation

March 8, 2018

Poll: Farmers Overwhelmingly Oppose Bayer-Monsanto Merger


For Immediate Release: March 8, 2018 Contacts: Patrick Davis, Friends of the Earth, (202) 222-0744, pdavis@foe.org Kiki Hubbard, …

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November 30, 2017

Largest Organic Seed Event in the Nation to Take Place this February


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 30, 2017 CONTACTS Cathleen McCluskey, Organic Seed Alliance, (360) 472-0247, …

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September 19, 2017

Organic & Non-GMO Forum

November 6, 2017 - November 7, 2017
Hyatt Regency St. Louis at the Arch | 315 Chestnut Street | St. Louis, Missouri

Join OSA's Kiki Hubbard at the Organic & Non-GMO Forum in St. Louis, Missouri, this November. The event agenda includes both the …

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Seed Policy · August 2, 2017

Bayer-Monsanto Merger is a Bad Deal for Vegetable Farmers


OSA continues to join farmer, consumer, and rural advocacy organizations in urging the US Department of Justice (DOJ) to block the proposed …

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Seed Policy · June 16, 2017

Calling for Resistance to Seed Industry Mergers


Last year chemical and seed giants Monsanto and Bayer announced a $66 billion merger. A decision is expected in 2017 and is happening in the …

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Seed Policy · September 27, 2016

Seed Consolidation Continues. So Should Resistance


The seed industry is one of the most consolidated in agriculture, and it's getting worse. Bayer recently announced that it reached a …

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Seed Policy · September 17, 2013

Seed Industry Consolidation is Still ‘Out of Hand’


Dr. Philip Howard of Michigan State University has just updated his very telling graphics representing consolidation in the global seed …

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Seed Policy · March 30, 2012

Congress Must Make Seed Competition Concerns a Priority


This week OSA joined more than 160 organizations in a letter to the Senate and House Agriculture Committees and Senate and House Judiciary …

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Seed Policy · March 15, 2012

Farmers Still Waiting for Justice


This week marked the two-year anniversary of the first of five workshops held by the Justice and Agriculture departments as part of a 2010 …

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Seed Policy · September 20, 2011

OSA Delivers Comments to USDA on Organic Seed


OSA provided the following comments at a USDA listening session in Washington, DC, today focused on the agency's priorities  and activities …

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Seed Policy · August 24, 2011

The President and Seed


Cross-posted from Daily Yonder Last week President Obama held a town hall meeting on the grounds of Iowa’s Seed Savers Exchange, an …

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Field Notes · December 13, 2010

Seed Digest (November 27 – December 10, 2010)


Research and Education Programs Grow New Varieties, Partners, and Staff This past year has been very rewarding for both our research effort …

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