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We need to establish seed banks and have silos where we can store our Creole seeds.

Local, organic seeds are the basis of food sovereignty

It’s urgent that Haitians buy local seeds… What’s the danger we face today?

It’s that food aid from USAID and others is getting dumped in the country.” ~Chavannes Jean-Baptiste of the Peasant Movement of Papay (MPP)

Monsanto has donated hybrid corn seeds to Haiti which Haitian farmers intend to burn in protest on June 4, for World Environment Day.

Monsanto’s seeds will be distributed by the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) WINNER program. USAID is a tax-payer funded agency that promotes the United States’ interests abroad. It is run by Dr. Rajiv Shah, an Obama appointee that the Organic Consumers Association opposed because of his work with the explicitly pro-GMO Gates Foundation which works closely with Monsanto.

Find out more about this toxic donation in Haitian Farmers Vow To Burn Monsanto Hybrid Seeds Part 1 and Part 2.

Please use the form at Organic Consumers Association to contact President Obama and USAID administrator Dr. Rajiv Shah today to tell them to support Haitian farmers’ demands for sustainability and food security, not Monsanto’s poison pills.

Your email should look something like this:

Subject: Stop Monsanto’s Poisoned Present, Support Haitian Food Security

Your Letter: Dear President Obama and Dr. Shah,

I was disappointed to read that the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) WINNER program will be distributing hundreds of tons of Monsanto’s seeds to farmers in Haiti.

Sincerely,

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