Morning Song Farm News

Morning Song Farm Supporters: The following is an email from Avaaz, an organization fighting Monsanto's attempt to "own" the seeds that feed us all.... Dear friends, The source of our planet's food is under threat . Ten agro-chemical firms own 73% of the commercial seed market, and as many as 93% of seed varieties have gone extinct . In the US alone 85% of apple varieties have disappeared. Monsanto and co. are privatizing the genesis of nature . And this corporate takeover is decimating sustainable farming, destroying the diversity of our crops, and making them vulnerable to diseases that could threaten our food security. But farmers are resisting, saving seeds in banks and barns across the world. Now they have devised a revolutionary project -- the first ever, non-profit "eBay" of seed where any farmer, anywhere can source a wide variety of plants cheaper than the genetically modified seeds from chemical companies. This global online stor...

Not that GMO's are anything to laugh about, but appealing to reason hasn't affected much change, so here's a link to a cynical video spoofing Monsanto. Here's the thing;  each year the GMO issue becomes more oppressive to those that passionately choose to farm without GMO's as well as to those that would choose to dine without GMO's...if their food was labeled in such a way that they'd have a choice. Even so called healthy food sources like WholeFoods have recently acknowledged that many of their store products contain GMO's. But sometime, you know...in the future...they'll get right on that. click here