Comments for SeedStory http://seedstory.wordpress.com INFORMATION ENCAPSULATED Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:44:21 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Nash Huber Wins American Farmland Trust Steward of The Land Award by Andrew http://seedstory.wordpress.com/2008/06/04/nash-huber-wins-american-farmland-trust-steward-of-the-land-award/#comment-108 Andrew Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:44:21 +0000 http://seedstory.wordpress.com/?p=52#comment-108 Thanks for spreading the word about Nash Huber and the Steward of the Land award! Local Food needs Local Farms and Local Farms need You! Thanks for spreading the word about Nash Huber and the Steward of the Land award! Local Food needs Local Farms and Local Farms need You!

]]> Comment on Who Owns Your Tomato? – Another Big Horticultural Seed Company Bought By Monsanto by Byron http://seedstory.wordpress.com/2008/04/03/who-owns-your-tomato-another-big-horticultural-seed-company-bought-by-monsanto/#comment-104 Byron Sat, 26 Jul 2008 05:09:02 +0000 http://seedstory.wordpress.com/?p=44#comment-104 More on Monsanto and monopolism here. http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Monsanto%2C_Genetic_Pollution_and_Monopolism Buying seed companies is the "legit" way that they are taking over the world's food supply. Genetic contamination is their bigger and apparently favorite, back door method. More on Monsanto and monopolism here.

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Monsanto%2C_Genetic_Pollution_and_Monopolism

Buying seed companies is the “legit” way that they are taking over the world’s food supply. Genetic contamination is their bigger and apparently favorite, back door method.

]]> Comment on California Farmers Losing Important Commercial Varieties by Lorie Obra http://seedstory.wordpress.com/2008/06/06/california-farmers-losing-important-commercial-varieties/#comment-101 Lorie Obra Wed, 18 Jun 2008 06:10:43 +0000 http://seedstory.wordpress.com/?p=53#comment-101 Joan is our daughter. Her Father and I are so proud of her! Joan is our daughter. Her Father and I are so proud of her!

]]> Comment on Recent National Coverage of Monsanto’s Bullying and Profiteering Practices by msewell http://seedstory.wordpress.com/2008/05/12/recent-national-coverage-of-monsantos-bullying-and-profiteering-practices/#comment-96 msewell Fri, 06 Jun 2008 02:58:36 +0000 http://seedstory.wordpress.com/?p=49#comment-96 For more on Monsanto there is a very good new documentary called "The World According to Monsanto" by a French director; somehow it always seems to get pulled down off of youtube or anywhere else it is posted..., but this link is still active: http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2008/04/01/the-world-according-to-monsanto-a-documentary-that-americans-wont-ever-see-full-video/ -Micah For more on Monsanto there is a very good new documentary called “The World According to Monsanto” by a French director; somehow it always seems to get pulled down off of youtube or anywhere else it is posted…, but this link is still active:

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2008/04/01/the-world-according-to-monsanto-a-documentary-that-americans-wont-ever-see-full-video/

-Micah

]]> Comment on About Matthew Dillon by Sascha Scatter http://seedstory.wordpress.com/about/#comment-93 Sascha Scatter Tue, 03 Jun 2008 02:29:31 +0000 #comment-93 hey matthew - it's been a while, glad to see you're still in the thick of it! i found a link to this blog on the wild garden seed website and i wanted to just let you know about a local project in my area (the hudson valley of new york) that you might find of interest. http://www.seedlibrary.org/ keep up the great work! mad love, sascha hey matthew – it’s been a while, glad to see you’re still in the thick of it! i found a link to this blog on the wild garden seed website and i wanted to just let you know about a local project in my area (the hudson valley of new york) that you might find of interest.
http://www.seedlibrary.org/
keep up the great work! mad love, sascha

]]> Comment on Who Owns Your Tomato? – Another Big Horticultural Seed Company Bought By Monsanto by Joe Reiten http://seedstory.wordpress.com/2008/04/03/who-owns-your-tomato-another-big-horticultural-seed-company-bought-by-monsanto/#comment-82 Joe Reiten Sun, 06 Apr 2008 20:03:59 +0000 http://seedstory.wordpress.com/?p=44#comment-82 Matthew, Good job! It's very important that regulators look at seed "competion" as a world wide matter of fact. Monsanto has chosen to target companies outside the US that have proprietary, high caliber, hard to produce germplasm mostly with disease resistance that is difficult and time consuming to breed for. This was probably the last big gap they still had. After hearing this story last week I started looking around to see what was available for open source or university germplasm that would give us the same types and levels of disease resistance. Very little is to found. Joel Matthew,

Good job!

It’s very important that regulators look at seed “competion” as a world wide matter of fact. Monsanto has chosen to target companies outside the US that have proprietary, high caliber, hard to produce germplasm mostly with disease resistance that is difficult and time consuming to breed for. This was probably the last big gap they still had.

After hearing this story last week I started looking around to see what was available for open source or university germplasm that would give us the same types and levels of disease resistance. Very little is to found.

Joel

]]> Comment on Who Owns Your Tomato? – Another Big Horticultural Seed Company Bought By Monsanto by Don Tipping http://seedstory.wordpress.com/2008/04/03/who-owns-your-tomato-another-big-horticultural-seed-company-bought-by-monsanto/#comment-76 Don Tipping Fri, 04 Apr 2008 17:15:11 +0000 http://seedstory.wordpress.com/?p=44#comment-76 Awesome! Thank you for highlighting this most disturbing development. We need to keep an eye on the moves of the players at the Grand Chessboard and keep them in check if at all possible. Is anyone paying attention? Does anyone out there eat? What are we doing to counter this corporate hegeonomy? i trust that goliath will get what's coming to him in time, but us "daavid's" need not rest on our laurels. Good Work Awesome! Thank you for highlighting this most disturbing development. We need to keep an eye on the moves of the players at the Grand Chessboard and keep them in check if at all possible. Is anyone paying attention? Does anyone out there eat? What are we doing to counter this corporate hegeonomy? i trust that goliath will get what’s coming to him
in time, but us “daavid’s” need not rest on our laurels.
Good Work

]]> Comment on Beet Industry Responses to RoundUp Ready Sugarbeet Suit by Nick Routledge http://seedstory.wordpress.com/2008/03/31/beet-industry-responses-to-roundup-ready-sugarbeet-suit/#comment-75 Nick Routledge Wed, 02 Apr 2008 12:05:48 +0000 http://seedstory.wordpress.com/?p=43#comment-75 Frank, that GMO beets have already been with us for some years now is quite the surprise. What do we know of other transgene crops in the Valley? n Frank, that GMO beets have already been with us for some years now is quite the surprise. What do we know of other transgene crops in the Valley?

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]]> Comment on SuperCarrot – addendum by Frank Morton http://seedstory.wordpress.com/2008/01/28/supercarrot-addendum/#comment-72 Frank Morton Sun, 30 Mar 2008 20:59:51 +0000 http://seedstory.wordpress.com/2008/01/28/supercarrot-addendum/#comment-72 I'm all for science, and I enjoy and understand the language of many sciences. But I am also for pointing out where impressive language is a smokescreen for ignorance, or for misleading people down narrow corridors of understanding where they must be impressed by dead ends all dressed up as solutions to real-world problems. Biotech carrots are simply not a reasonable solution to osteoporosis across the globe. Access to land or to a diverse locally available diet is a way-better solution to problems of malnutrition than pills, gene-splicing, or high input agriculture. It doesn't take much land to create a healthy diet, nor many inputs...but this is the solution that biotech would deny the world's poor, given any credence. I’m all for science, and I enjoy and understand the language of many sciences. But I am also for pointing out where impressive language is a smokescreen for ignorance, or for misleading people down narrow corridors of understanding where they must be impressed by dead ends all dressed up as solutions to real-world problems. Biotech carrots are simply not a reasonable solution to osteoporosis across the globe. Access to land or to a diverse locally available diet is a way-better solution to problems of malnutrition than pills, gene-splicing, or high input agriculture. It doesn’t take much land to create a healthy diet, nor many inputs…but this is the solution that biotech would deny the world’s poor, given any credence.

]]> Comment on USDA notifies public of an “unitentional” escape of unapproved GE corn variety by Jordonht http://seedstory.wordpress.com/2008/02/22/usda-notifies-public-of-an-unitentional-escape-of-unapproved-ge-corn-variety/#comment-71 Jordonht Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:05:05 +0000 http://seedstory.wordpress.com/?p=42#comment-71 omg.. good work, dude omg.. good work, dude

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