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At Food Democracy Now!, we believe it's time to end Monsanto's campaign of fear and intimidation against America's farmers!



Join us to stand up for America's family farmers and the integrity of our
food and agricultural heritage.

 A Brief History: OSGATA vs Monsanto

 Family farmers and farm organizations originally filed a lawsuit  against
Monsanto in March 2011 in an effort to invalidate Monsanto’s  patents and
protect organic and non-GMO family farmers from unwanted  genetic contamination
of their crops and from Monsanto’s aggressive  patent infringement lawsuits.

 Monsanto filed a motion to dismiss the case, which was heard in Federal
District Court in New York City on January 31st,  2012.  In February 2012,
Federal Judge Naomi Buchwald dismissed the  case, ruling that the farmers lacked
legal standing regarding the  concerns over genetic contamination and resulting
economic harm. 

In March 2012, Plaintiffs appealed the District Court's decision to  the
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which scheduled oral  argument in the
case to be heard on January 10, 2013.

 Lawyers from the Public Patent Foundation, who are representing the  farmers
have identified numerous reversible legal and factual errors  committed by the
judge which they assert caused her to mistakenly  dismiss the case.

 What’s at Stake

 OSGATA vs Monsanto is a landmark legal case attempting to protect  family
farmers from Monsanto’s aggressive patent infringement lawsuits  and unwanted
genetic contamination that results when Monsanto’s  patented, GMO pollen blowing
across farmer’s fences and contaminates  their crops against their wishes. In an
effort to enforce their legal  patents on their genetically engineered genes,
Monsanto regularly sends  their seed police out in rural America to trespass on
farmer’s fields  and steal their plants to take them back to their labs for
testing.

 Since 1997, one year after the approval of Monsanto’s GMO Roundup  Ready
soybeans, the world’s leading chemical and biotech seed company  admits to
filing 150 lawsuits against America’s family farmers, while  settling another
700 out of court for undisclosed amounts. During this  time, Monsanto has
investigated an average of more than 500 family  farmers each year.

 Due to these aggressive lawsuits and investigations, Monsanto has  created an
atmosphere of fear in rural America and driven dozens of  farmers into
bankruptcy.  

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At Food Democracy Now!, we believe it's time to end Monsanto's campaign of
fear and intimidation against America's farmers! Join us to stand up for
America's family farmers and the integrity of our food and agricultural
heritage.


 

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