Protect Seed Sovereignty and Small Farmers from Corporate Control


Protect Seed Sovereignty and Small Farmers from Corporate Control
The issue
Title:
Protect Seed Sovereignty and Small Farmers from Corporate Control
To:
The Australian Government, UK DEFRA, and all global food policy leaders
Petition Text:
Farmers in Australia, the UK, and across the world are losing control of the most basic part of food: the seed.
Four corporations — Bayer, Corteva, Syngenta, and BASF — now dominate the global seed and pesticide markets. They hold patents, control pricing, and restrict seed-saving through legal contracts. This isn’t a theory. It’s fact — publicly documented and legally protected.
This extreme concentration of power is forcing farmers into chemical cycles, making governments afraid to regulate, and driving up dependency on ultra-processed foods.
It’s time to take back control — not just for farmers, but for everyone who eats.
We demand that governments:
• Enforce antitrust action against seed and chemical monopolies
• Support open-pollinated and heritage seed systems
• Restore the legal right to save, share, and replant seed
• Introduce transparency and labelling for ultra-processed food systems
• Phase out public support for monopolised chemical-agriculture models
This isn’t about politics. It’s about food. It’s about fairness. It’s about whether the next generation eats something grown by a farmer, or something formulated in a boardroom.
Sign this petition and help protect the future of farming, food, and freedom.
10,288
The issue
Title:
Protect Seed Sovereignty and Small Farmers from Corporate Control
To:
The Australian Government, UK DEFRA, and all global food policy leaders
Petition Text:
Farmers in Australia, the UK, and across the world are losing control of the most basic part of food: the seed.
Four corporations — Bayer, Corteva, Syngenta, and BASF — now dominate the global seed and pesticide markets. They hold patents, control pricing, and restrict seed-saving through legal contracts. This isn’t a theory. It’s fact — publicly documented and legally protected.
This extreme concentration of power is forcing farmers into chemical cycles, making governments afraid to regulate, and driving up dependency on ultra-processed foods.
It’s time to take back control — not just for farmers, but for everyone who eats.
We demand that governments:
• Enforce antitrust action against seed and chemical monopolies
• Support open-pollinated and heritage seed systems
• Restore the legal right to save, share, and replant seed
• Introduce transparency and labelling for ultra-processed food systems
• Phase out public support for monopolised chemical-agriculture models
This isn’t about politics. It’s about food. It’s about fairness. It’s about whether the next generation eats something grown by a farmer, or something formulated in a boardroom.
Sign this petition and help protect the future of farming, food, and freedom.
10,288
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Petition created on 18 June 2025