Jim Gerritsen, President, Organic Seed Growers Assoc. -E62

Jim Gerritsen is an organic farmer and the President of the Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association (OSGATA)

Jim Gerritsen is on Utne Reader's list of "25 Visionaries Who Are Changing the World" published in the November/December issue on newstands now.

The OSGATA created a stir in food and farming communities when, with legal backing from the Public Patent Foundation, it filed a lawsuit in March against the chemical and biotechnology giant Monsanto. OSGATA has since been joined in the lawsuit by 82 other seed businesses, trade organizations and family farmers, which together represent more than 270,000 people.