Family
Farm Supporters,
Below is
information about an important
meeting regarding corporate
concentration of the seed industry:
"Takin'
It Back: Bringing Fairness & Competition
Back to the Seed Industry for Our
Farmers".
As you know, over the last three years
Monsanto and the biotech lobby have
introduced bills to stop all regulation
of the seed industry in Missouri ("The
Seed Bill"-2006) and to prohibit farmers
and processors from labeling dairy
products as coming from cows not given
rBGH ("rBGH Labeling Bill"-2008). It
took thousands of concerned citizens
like you to stop these bills, and it
will take all of us to keep Monsanto
from taking even greater control of the
seed industry. Lack of competition in
the seed industry is bad for Missouri's
farmers, bad for consumers and bad for
rural economies.
Where:
Mark Twain State Park
When: Saturday, July 12th, with dinner
included.
Give us a call for more information at
(573) 449.1336. Hope to see you there!
Missouri Rural Crisis Center
1108
Rangeline Street
Columbia, MO 65201
(573)
449.1336
An
All-American Event Complete with Old
Time Music, Information & Barbeque
Chair: State Senator Wes Shoemyer
Speakers include:
James Robertson – former Mississippi
Judge
Troy Roush – Indiana farmer
Derry Brownfield – Derry Brownfield
Show
Kenny Hulshof – Congressman, 9th
District (invited)
Moe Parr -- Indiana seed cleaner
William Heffernan – Professor
Emeritus, University of
Missouri-Columbia
When:
Saturday, July 12, 2008
Where: Mark Twain State Park
(Huck Hall, located off Highway 107)
3:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Cost: FREE (barbeque provided)
Music by Miss Crystal and the
Codgers
Missouri farmers are paying more for
crop seed than ever before and with
less choice.
Concentration of power in the seed
industry is a major problem for
rural Missouri.
We hope you’ll join us to learn
about the problem, how to make a
difference and have some fun doing
it.
For more information, contact
Kristina Hubbard with Organization
for Competitive Markets (OCM) at
hubbard@competitivemarkets.com
or 406-203-4433.
OCM is a national organization of
farmers and ranchers working to
reclaim fair, open and competitive
markets for American agriculture.
