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No patents on seeds



Hi,

A handful of corporations own our food. They decide what farmers can grow 
and how much we have to pay for it.

Giant companies like Bayer-Monsanto and Carlsberg can do this because they 
patent  our seeds: from melons and tomatoes to barley used to make beer.

We campaigned for five years to get the office which decides on patents 
(European Patent Office - EPO), to ban patents on plants and animals. And we 
won! But companies are cancelling our win by taking advantage of where the 
rules are not 100 percent clear.

All it would take to block these companies is for ministers to make patent 
rules watertight. The very rules they put in place thanks to public pressure 
from people like us.

And we know we can do this because this time around, our community is even 
stronger. We also have 50 organisations including local breweries from 
across Europe joining the fight.

Together let's call our ministers to schedule an official conference and 
take bold decisions that will stop companies from manipulating the rules.

I've added my name, please add yours here: 
https://act.wemove.eu/campaigns/nopatents-conference

Thank you!



From: David - WeMove Europe
Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2022 9:12 PM
Subject: Future of food


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