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Preemptive Action Seeks Ruling That Would Prohibit Monsanto From Suing Organic Farmers and Seed Growers If Contaminated By Roundup Ready Seed NEW YORK – March 29, 2011 – On behalf of 60 family farmers, seed businesses and...

Originally published by Common Dreams David Goodner, Iowa CCI, 515.282.0484, david@iowacci.org Dave Murphy, Food Democracy Now!, 917.968.7369, dave@fooddemocracynow.org Patty Lovera, Food and Water Watch, 202.683.2465,...

Originally published by Grist By Tom Laskawy I guess this whole “activism” thing sometimes works. To have Kathleen Merrigan, one of Food Democracy Now’s Sustainable Dozen, named deputy secretary of agriculture is, as Tom...

On Tuesday, February 24, Food Democracy Now! met with Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack in his office at the U.S. Department of Agriculture to present a petition signed by more than 87,000 Americans calling for sustainable...

After signing, check out Fooddeclaration.org to endorse a set of principles to create a national sustainable food and agriculture policy» Press Release December, 17, 2008 Food Democracy Now! Congratulates Next Secretary of...