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Protection for Organic farmers against GMO Pollen

Protection for Organic farmers against GMO Pollen

Closed — 43 supporters Verified

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Started by Luke Waller 12 years, 7 months ago

As GMO’s spread across the globe, farmers are developing difficulties keeping their crops separate. GM pollen can easily mix in with near by non-GM plants. Our project’s purpose is to protect organic farmers from major companies by raising awareness for this problem. We will do this through an agreement. This agreement will state that major GMO seed corporations will not be able to sue smaller organic farms over the spread of seeds into their land. This idea we are trying to pass will boost farmers into action because they are unaware of the consequences being created. Once they realize the mistakes that could happen, they will be shown how this act will benefit them and help them plant their crop using their belief as GMO or not. Farmers will also want to work in action because this law will prevent many lawsuits and save the hassle between many farms and corporations.


Updates

April 7, 2014

I have been hearing from so many farmers who are terrified that a single gust of wind could lead to a ruinous lawsuit from these corporations. My grandfather spent his entire life working his plot of land without ever worrying about lawyers coming for his harvest. We are gathering documentation to show just how many families are living in fear of these patent claims.

April 7, 2014

Seeing this grow makes me think of the local families who deserve to keep their land without fear of legal threats. This momentum shows that people understand how vital it is to protect honest farming from corporate overreach.

9 Comments

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jim
11 years ago Featured

pure on tainted food not a corrupted engineered version is always the best and only foods that should be eaten for our health

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Dave Gomez
12 years ago Featured

stop letting these big chemical companies bully the little guys just trying to grow real food

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Judith Grominger
10 years ago

NO GMOs.

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jim
11 years ago

pure on tainted food not a corrupted engineered version is always the best and only foods that should be eaten for our health

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Frank Bergen
12 years ago

Yes! Please protect organic farmers

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James
12 years ago

GMO GMO

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Dan
12 years ago

We need protection

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Luke Patrick
12 years ago

Protect Organic farmers from GMO Crops.