Make your voice heard and save your herd! Help to stop the production of Roundup Ready alfalfa by joining our voices together as one and telling the U.S. Department of Agriculture that the production of genetically modified alfalfa is not what we want! There are major environmental and market concerns, but also by increasing control that patented seed technologies afford transnational companies reduces the availability of affordable, public seed varieties, and further reduces the control American farmers and ranchers have over U.S. agriculture. Monsanto controls about 90 percent of the global GM seed market through ownership of patents and acquisition of other seed companies. Adding alfalfa to the line of RR products increases Monsanto’s grip on American farms and farmers, and allows a monopoly over a large segment of our food production system. Ten Facts you should know about Roundup Ready Alfalfa: 1.) Roundup Ready alfalfa will contaminate organic and other non-genetically modified alfalfa seed and hay 2.) Roundup Ready alfalfa will increase the cost of organic milk and beef 3.) Roundup Ready alfalfa will increase herbicide use 4.) Roundup Ready alfalfa will exacerbate the problem of glyphosate-resistant weeds 5.) Monsanto’s patents on Roundup Ready technology transfer unfair liability risks to farmers 6.) Roundup Ready alfalfa will ruin the hay export market for Pacific Northwest growers 7.)Roundup 7Ready alfalfa threatens the honey industry 8.)The potential effects of Roundup Ready alfalfa feed on the health and productivity of livestock and wildlife have not been analyzed by independent scientist 9.) Roundup Ready alfalfa will increase farmers’ seed and chemical costs 10.) Roundup Ready alfalfa increases the level of corporate control over American agriculture, and further reduces the availability of public alfalfa seed varieties