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High Price of Monopoly: Why American Farmers Must Buy From Just One Seed Company

John W. Boyd Jr. | Posted 04.22.2012 | Green
Read More: Seeds, Iowa, Farming, Black Farmers, National Black Farmers Association, Seed Companies, Monsanto, Farmers, Monsanto Farmers, Biotechnology, Agriculture, Monopoly, Antitrust, Biotech, Monsanto Seeds, Bv-Politics, Green News
John W. Boyd Jr.

Monsanto's monopoly limits farmers' choices and threatens our livelihoods. But America's antitrust laws were enacted to protect us from this very situation. These laws are premised on the belief that competitive markets produce the best products, and they need to be enforced.

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Black and Indian Farmers Deserve Funds From Settlement

David Person | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Love v. Vilsack, National Black Farmers Association, Black Farmers Settlement, Black Farmers, Usda, Farmers Settlement, Famers, Garcia v. Vilsack, Senate Farmers Payments, Politics News
David Person

With each of its nine failed attempts, the Senate has callously toyed with these farmers, shamefully delaying its opportunity to correct decades of documented discrimination by refusing to rise above its own political machinations.

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The Egg Recall Was a Disaster Waiting to Happen

John W. Boyd Jr. | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Salmonella Outbreak, Farming, Egg Recall, Poultry, Factory Farms, Black Farmers, Salmonella, Fda, Food and Drug Administration, National-Black-Farmers-Association, Home News
John W. Boyd Jr.

The people who are least surprised to hear of the appalling conditions that led to the egg recall that began on August 13 were my fellow small and mid-sized farmers.

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Justice is the Best Stimulus

John W. Boyd Jr. | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Black Farmers, Obama Black Farmers, National Black Farmers Association, Green News
John W. Boyd Jr.

President Obama asked Congress in May for $1.15 billion to compensate black farmers for discrimination by the Department of Agriculture. Congress has failed to act.

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