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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

On Jan 9, 2007, at 9:17 AM, Don Bowen wrote:

> http://groovygreen.com/groove/?p=868

Thanks, Don.

For those who didn't click on the url, this is the message:

    “A recent merger now announced says that W.Atlee Burpee & Co.  
Seeds has accepted a deal to be bought out by Seminis. This will mean  
that from the beginning of 2007 onward, Burpee will be operated as a  
subsidiary of Monsanto (a.k.a. Monsatan) Co., which has already  
bought out Seminis. Seminis and Burpee were the two largest American  
seed companies not affiliated with Monsatan until both were recently  
bought out by the multi-billion-dollar corporation.”

Yep, you read that correctly. The big conglomerate, Monsanto, now  
owns Burpee seeds. Well, actually, Seminis owns Burpee seed, and  
Monsanto bought Seminis last spring for $1.4 billion in cash.

This is important as Monsanto creates RoundUp as well as terminator  
genes.

Monsanto also patents seeds so that they cannot legally be grown  
unless the seed is purchased from the company.
Additional Info:

http://idigmygarden.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2245

http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2005/12/7/83510/2591

http://www.corporatewatch.org.uk/?lid=208

This really frightens me - especially after watching “The Future of  
Food.”