exclusive rights granted for an invention. Seed is not an invention. Life is not an invention.     Seed Freedom of many diverse cultures is threatened by Biopiracy and the patenting of indigenous knowledge and biodiversity. Biopiracy is not innovation -- it is theft.     Seed Freedom is threatened by genetically engineered seeds which are contaminating our farms, thus closing the option for GMO-free food for all. Seed Freedom of farmers is threatened when after contaminating our crops, corporations sue farmer for "stealing their property".     Seed Freedom is threatened by the deliberate transformation of the seed from a renewable self generative resource to a non renewable patented commodity. The most extreme case of non-renewable seed is the "Terminator Technology" developed with aim to create sterile seed.     We commit ourselves to defending seed freedom as the freedom of diverse species to evolve; as the freedom of human communities to reclaim open source seed as a commons. To this end, we will save seed.?We will create community seed banks and seed libraries. We will not recognize any law that illegitimately makes seed the private property of corporations. We will stop the patents on seed. Global Movement to Defend Seed Freedom Seed is the source of life and the first link in the food chain. Control over seed means a control over our lives, our food and our freedom. Corporations like Monsanto have created a seed emergency -- an emergency through patents on seeds, seed monopolies, biopiracy, genetic engineering and creation of