The federal government has struck a deal with the Monsanto Corporation, and for the first time in history, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is endorsing a specific company's seeds. In fact, U.S. farmers in four states, including Minnesota, will be given taxpayer subsidized price breaks on insurance premiums if they buy Monsanto's genetically engineered corn this year as opposed to other biotech, conventional, or organic seeds. According to Monsanto's New Business Development Manager, Tim Hennessy, the federal government's new openness to promoting and advertising Monsanto "opens the door for a lot of future opportunity". Learn more and take action: http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_11198.cfm
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