40,239 have pledged! Lets get to 50,000 !! You can pledge what ever you like starting with as litttle as $2 !!!! Come on, lets get at it !!! 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 privatising 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 store could re-flood the market with all kinds of seeds and slowly break the monopoly that is putting our food future at risk! This could be the most innovative agricultural idea in decades and the best way to stop Monsanto. But chemical companies often bully and sue those that get in their way, and farmers are calling on us to support them. If we raise enough now we can help them launch the online site, support seed storing in key countries, finance marketing and advertising, and fund the legal defence to fight back. Pledge to help kick start the seed exchange -- Avaaz will only process donations if we raise enough to launch the whole initiative. You can pledge what ever you like starting with as litttle as $2 !!!! Come on, lets get at it !!! https://secure.avaaz.org/en/seed_exchange_nd_rb_1/?link=NearED_940&bwVLKab&v=42265&lang=en&cid=10196&c=EUR&a=2
Posted on: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 19:11:51 +0000
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