Category Archives: Seed and Story

Today I attended an awards lunch for one of my true heroes – Nash Huber of Sequim, Washington. Nash won the American Farmland Trust’s Stewards of the Land award. It’s a major award, in terms of recognition and money, and … Continue reading →

Originally posted at OCM Hugh Grant – Monsanto Chairman, CEO, and President – probably won’t notice the increased price of a loaf of bread. And if he does it will be with a smile. Grant is $13,000,000 and some change … Continue reading →

“I don’t believe any company has the right to come into someone’s home and threaten their livelihood.” – so says Indiana Farmer David Runyan in response to Monsanto’s bully tactics to intimidate and coerce farmers. Finally getting national attention, both … Continue reading →

Well, the folks at ETC have another view on the Enola Been Patent appeal decision that I wrote about yesterday. Hope Shand’s comments give a bitter-sweet taste to what I saw as a happy ending of a tale that started … Continue reading →

Best news I’ve seen in a long while. It starts out a once upon a time nightmare: In 1999 a US citizen – Larry Proctor goes down to Mexico, buys some beans in a market, comes back to Colorado and … Continue reading →

By now many of you have seen the NY Times article on Sticker Shock in the Organic Aisles, in addition to that I suggest that you read this piece on Organic in Trouble from the blog Mulch. The poor federal … Continue reading →

There have been two recent public letters to Hillary Clinton from an old college alum that point to her historical ties with large scale corporate food – Tyson, Walmart, and Monsanto. They’re very informative. Here they are: Letter One Letter … Continue reading →

I haven’t had much time to write given my workload with the Organic Seed Growers Conference. I’ll give an update from the conference tomorrow, after I get some sleep. Two things now: 1) Here’s the beet sugar industry response to … Continue reading →