Earth Day is About Stopping Corporate Take Over of Farms, Corporate Poisoning of Crops, Corporate Mutation of Life

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/12/business/12seed.html?ref=todayspaper

Who's crushing family farmers?
Farm Aid - ACTION ALERT

In Farmers We Trust - Take Action

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Dear Family Farm Supporter,

Did you know that just one company, Monsanto, controls more than 90%>> of the soybeans grown in the United States? And that they also control more than 80% of U.S. corn?

This extreme concentration of power is not unique to corn and soy. And it's a big problem --- not just for family farmers struggling to compete. Standing between you and the family farmer are a handful of corporations who control our entire food system from seed to plate.

Corporate concentration has many forms --- factory farms, the dairy>> crisis, genetically engineered food --- anything that puts the control of our food into the hands of a few companies and forces farmers out of business and off the land.

**Speak out now! Tell the government that you trust family farmers with your food!**



The issue of corporate concentration in agriculture is finally getting attention starting today with the first in a series of public workshops held by the Department of Justice and the US Department of Agriculture.

Farm Aid needs you to let Attorney General Eric Holder and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack know that corporate concentration in agriculture is devastating for family farmers, bad for our health, and wrong for consumers like you and me!

This is an historic opportunity for farmers who have been marginalized by agribusiness giants. But it's just as important for all of us who eat (and who want to know who is controlling our food!). This is your chance to join family farmers in telling the government what is wrong with corporate concentration. The government needs to hear from people like you, people who trust the farmers who grow our food --- not corporations facing anti-trust investigation.

Please, take a moment right now to tell Attorney General Eric Holder and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack how corporate control has created a food system that lines the pockets of a handful of companies while bankrupting family farmers and leaving the rest of us hungry for change.

Thanks so much for taking action today. We'll keep you updated on how things are going with the workshops and let you know more you can do in the coming weeks and months.

Sincerely,
Hilde Steffey
Program Director, Farm Aid