Fwd: Monsanto: Stop Saving Your Seed

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>  This is from Organic Consumers

>

> MONSANTO WARNS TWO BILLION FARMERS: " STOP SAVING YOUR SEEDS "

> Since the advent of farming, thousands of years ago, farmers have

> carefully collected seeds at harvest so as to have enough seed for the

> next year's planting. Concerned that seed saving by farmers reduces

> their profits, seed and biotech giants like Monsanto have rammed

> though controversial " intellectual property laws " in numerous

> countries that make traditional seed saving a crime. Last year,

> Monsanto harassed and/or sued more than 500 U.S. farmers who saved

> their seeds, forcing them to pay the company over $15 million in

> fines, including up to 8 month long prison sentences.

> http://www.organicconsumers.org/monsanto/seedsaving031405.cfm