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All Seeds of Change products are available at organic and natural food stores, as well as select mainstream grocery stores throughout the country. The suggested retail price for products ranges from $3.99 to $5.59.
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The caravan includes women and men from about a dozen countries who believe that the WTO meeting will sow the seeds for further erosion of human rights, environmental protections and health and safety standards. The caravan is being organized under the auspices of Peoples' Global Action (PGA), an international movement which believes that the WTO is fundamentally flawed, is beyond reform and must be abolished. It is because of this stance that the activists are being excluded from the United States.
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Unlike its neighbors, Argentina’s government has allowed Monsanto to build royalties into the price of its seeds. However, the country has been unable to collect these royalties effectively, because pirated Monsanto seeds are widely traded on the black market. In response, Monsanto stopped selling soy seeds in Argentina in 2003. It is ... threatening to collect royalties on soy shipments from Argentina to countries where its seeds are patented, if they are found to carry unlicensed Monsanto products.
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Seminis is the world's leading developer, producer and marketer of vegetable seeds. Its products are designed to reduce the need for agricultural chemicals, increase crop yield, reduce spoilage, offer longer shelf life, and create better-tasting foods and foods with higher nutritional content. Seminis has established a worldwide presence and global sales and distribution network that spans 150 countries and territories.
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Over many decades Burpee donated tens of thousands of pounds of vegetable seeds for developing countries. Since 2003 The Burpee Foundation has contributed more than $650,000 in funds for CARE projects in countries from Afghanistan to Bolivia to Madagascar, including this latest gift.
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