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Laura Parker
P.O. Box 512
Montrose CO, 81402 Email: laura.parker@osgata.org
Phone: 970. 275. 3409
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How do get started in the organic seed growing business. I live in Florida and this looks like an interesting business and I want to find out more about it and the seed business.
Thank you,
Edmund Dyjak
Edmund, visit one of our seed growing member websites for more information on the organic seed business! http://www.osgata.org/members
You need to be on FaceBook. Wide spread recognition and help spread the word on Organic Seeds!!
Thank you for the tip, Kelly! We’re on Facebook now: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Organic-Seed-Growers-and-Trade-Association/124679267607065
I can’t stand the thought that a profit/greed driven corporation, Monsanto, is force feeding the american public GMO foods….I can’t believe they are eating it. WHERE is the proof that it is safe? I would like to send you monetary support to help with you suit against Monsanto. Should I mail it to the Montrose PO Box??
Thanks for helping to protect me and my family from genetically engineered “food”.
Bill
I don’t have a lot to donate, but is there any way you can guarantee me that any money I donate will go specifically to support your lawsuit against Monsanto?
Sorry the delayed response, Michael. Yes, by donating to OSGATA you will be directly supporting the lawsuit against Monsanto. We are currently raising funds for a PR campaign to get the word out about the lawsuit and educate the public on issues regarding organic seed vs. GMOs. Any donation is greatly appreciated!
Many people are wondering how we can donate to fund the lawsuit against Monsanto Co. directly. Is there a specific fund set up for that we could get some information on please?
Thanks for checking in about this Dana. By donating to OSGATA, the lead plaintiff, you will be directly supporting the lawsuit against Monsanto. We are currently raising funds for a PR campaign to get the word out about the lawsuit and educate the public on issues regarding organic seed vs. GMOs. Another option is to donate to the Public Patent Foundation, the organization which is representing us in the case. http://www.pubpat.org/
Let us know if you have other questions!
Please make your membership application (at least for associate non-voting member) available online for those of us who don’t have a printer, or who forgot how to use snail mail! You’ll also save yourselves the trouble of re-entering all that info into your own computers.
Think how many new members you could get if you just made it possible to apply online!
Thanks!
Phil
PS: Why generate all that paper and use all those resources when the web allows us to do all this at the touch of a keyboard?
how can i join the lawsuit. i am an organic farmer in palmer, alaska. i do not produce seed, other than heirloom tomatoes which i pretty much replant. however, i would love to join the battle against this evil corporation , just for the plain fact of doing something positive for this planet…. for a change.
Thanks for the interest, Debi. You can get in touch with Jim Gerritsen, OSGATA’s President at press@osgata.org for information on how to get involved.
May God bless you in your good fight against the chemical juggernaut Monsanto and their relentless pursuit of scrambled DNA in their engineered organisms. No one understands the long term environmental impact of their GMOs, yet these organisms are being released into the environment in staggering quantities, with no regard to their potential long term consequences. Is there a legal defense fund being established to help you in your efforts? BTW, yesterday I emailed Gerry Spence to enlist his efforts in your good fight but he told me (PERSONALLY – on Mother’s Day – if you can believe it!) that the trial could take many years and require many millions of dollars (including appeals).in order to prevail. He felt that at his age (82) he would not live to see it through to completion.
I applaud your efforts to support diversity and organic. Both are incredibly important goals. The question comes when our customers are confused and have to choose between them. Should they buy only certified organic seeds, even when this includes certified organic industrial hybrids? Or should they choose open-pollinated, adapted heirlooms, even if they are not certified organic? The title of your organization is Organic Seed. Does this mean organic has the higher value when seed buyers are forced to choose? If not, why isn’t the word “diversity” represented in your name?
Greetings. So grateful to you for pursuing the lawsuit. It’s unconscionable that the GMO market is allowed to physically destroy the existence of organic products for which there is a real, substantial, and growing demand. This is not comparable to becoming a market monopoly (which is bad enough); it is destroying the commons and replacing it with something that’s privately owned and we will have to ingest. Today I heard an excellent discussion of GMOs on “Your Call with Rose Aguilar on KALW in the S.F. Bay Area. Jim Gerritsen was briefly a guest; he spoke and interacted really effectively. Great work Jim! You clearly stated and described that Monsanto paradoxically forces organic farmers to unwittingly infringe on M’s patent and intellectual property through the inherently uncontrollable nature of that product. This is a good time to flip the perspective around and point out that in fact it is Monsanto who is committing the property crime. Monstanto is purposely disseminating their invasive product known to destroy your organic property. I think this approach would get through to many people unswayed by other facts or concepts. I also think this is one of the approaches that would work in court. The Supremes are protective of property rights even of individuals. I usually take action through on this type of issue via Food Democracy, but I’ll follow your case closely and talk it up with my urban permaculture pals. Best Wishes and Sincere Appreciation, Annie
Thank you for your insight and support, Annie! Please do keep in touch with us regarding the lawsuit.
Hello, I am not a farmer or seed saver but would like to help somehow…..besides becoming a member, which I don’t mind becoming, what can I do in Seattle to help? My immediate group buys local organic, etc…but how can I help spread the word about the ‘bad seeds’? No pun intended……:D
I just donated some money and forgot to specify in the comment section that it was for the Farmer’s Travel Fund, please note this and allocate as requested.
Thank you!!
Got it Candie – thank you!
Hi OSGATA, Monsanto is guilty for crimes against humanity. How can Monsanto even be approved to conduct business with regards to feeding humans. When it’s clear that they don’t care about peoples health, just making more and more profit share at the expense of the health of our people.
I see a day not to long in the future that it’ll be illegal to be a Monsanto and other companies like that will also have their doors closed, like the do-do bird, gone. How much better would our food supply be without the products Monsanto jams down peoples throats with their lobbying dollars as dirty chaser.
Monsanto you and your policies are genuinely seen as cruel in my eyes. “May I never eat a little speak of your food”. Monsanto you disgust me.