[UrbanCropCircle] Break Up Monsanto

[Edith Kusnic]

You may already know about Food Democracy Now! and have gotten the  
request described below.  If so, I apologize for the duplication.  If  
not, I thought you might want to know.
Edith

Dear Friend,

For far too long Monsanto has been able to control important market  
access for family farmers. Today their power has grown too great, they  
own more than 90% of the GMO seed genetics in the world and this is  
having a harmful impact on farmer's right to choose what type of seeds  
they want to plant and how American consumers want their food  
produced. Monsanto's excessive market share harms farmers, the  
environment, innovation and our democracy. It's time to Break Up  
Monsanto!

Last year the Department of Justice and U.S. Department of Agriculture  
held a series of 5 workshops investigating anti-competitive practices  
in the food and agricultural sectors. Nowhere are these abuses more  
prevalent than in the extreme market share enjoyed by the seed and  
chemical company Monsanto, which has a virtual stranglehold on seed  
supplies in crucial sectors that has severely limited farmer’s choice  
in what traits they can buy. Monsanto’s control of the seed market is  
so high that 93% of soybeans, some 82% of corn, 93% of cotton and 95%  
of sugar beets grown in the U.S. contain Monsanto’s patented genes.

During the 2008 campaign, President Obama promised to deal with the  
worst monopoly abusers in agriculture. Well now is the time!

Please join us in telling Department of Justice that it's time to  
Break Up to Monsanto today!

Let them know that you care about organic integrity by following this  
link from Food Democracy Now!, then please pass this on. Please join  
me in telling President Obama that it's time to stand up to Monsanto  
and reject these GMO crops today!

http://action.fooddemocracynow.org/sign/update_obama_goes_rogue_on_gmos/?referring_akid=303.27033.jaodyO&source=mailto

Every voice counts!

Thank you!
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