10 Things you should know about RoundUp Ready Alfalfa

(and as a side note, have you noticed the massive advertising propaganda surrounding GMO's and "feeding the world"?)

Original detailed text in .pdf format:
http://www.worc.org/userfiles/10%20Things%20You%20Should%20Know%20about%20RR%20Alfalfa%202-06.pdf


Ready-to-use message to USDA to speak out against Monsanto's Round-up Ready Alfalfa:
http://action.freshthemovie.com/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=1753


1. Roundup Ready alfalfa will contaminate organic and other non-GM alfalfa seed and hay.

2. Roundup Ready alfalfa will increase the cost of organic milk and beef.


3. Roundup Ready alfalfa will increase herbicide use.

4. Roundup Ready alfalfa will increase the potential for glyphosate (Roundup) resistant weeds.

5. Monsanto’s patents on Roundup Ready technology transfer unfair liability risks to farmers.

6. Roundup Ready alfalfa will ruin the hay export market forPacific Northwest growers.

7. Roundup Ready alfalfa threatens the honey industry.

8. The potential effects of Roundup Ready alfalfa feed on the health and productivity of livestock and wildlife have not been analyzed by independent scientists.

9. Roundup Ready alfalfa will increase farmers’ seed and chemical costs.

10. Roundup Ready alfalfa increases the level of corporate control over American agriculture, and further reduces the availability of public alfalfa seed varieties.


Ready-to-use message to USDA to speak out against Monsanto's Round-up Ready Alfalfa:
http://action.freshthemovie.com/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=1753