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<DIV>From the story:</DIV>
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<DIV>"To make a long story short, Monsanto supplies proprietary traits to 85 percent of corn planted in the United States, and 92 percent of soy. Corn and soy are the lifeblood of the U.S. food system. If you eat a standard diet, you’re ingesting a Monsanto-originated product with just about every bite you take.</DIV>
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<DIV>Meanwhile, Monsanto’s dominance over the GMO seed market—and thus over U.S. corn, soy, and cotton production—has become so intense and obvious that “U.S. Department of Justice lawyers are seeking documents and interviewing company employees about its marketing practices,” AP <A href="http://www.seattlepi.com/business/1310ap_us_seed_giant.html"><FONT color=#006699>reports</FONT></A>.</DIV>
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<DIV>Gurian-Sherman is also the author of <A href="http://www.ucsusa.org/food_and_agriculture/science_and_impacts/science/failure-to-yield.html"><FONT color=#006699>another report</FONT></A> this year that shattered one of Monsanto’s most cherished myths: that GM technology increases yields. Actually, it does nothing of the sort."</DIV>
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<DIV>Much more info at the story here:</DIV>
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<DIV><A href="http://www.grist.org/article/2009-12-15-seed-behemoth-monsanto-stumbles-into-antitrust-trouble/">http://www.grist.org/article/2009-12-15-seed-behemoth-monsanto-stumbles-into-antitrust-trouble/</A><BR> </DIV>
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<DIV>Christine Patton</DIV>
<DIV>Co-Chair, Transition Town OKC</DIV>
<DIV><A href="http://www.goinglocalokc.com/" rel=nofollow target=_blank>www.goinglocalokc.com</A></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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