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Terri on 05/07/2013 at 6:10 am

Hi! I was just looking at your site and it’s great.
Just fyi, Monsanto bought Johnny’s seeds. Sad, huh?
Just wanted you to know that since it’s listed as a fave.
Thanks!
:) Terri

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1. Evelyn on 05/12/2013 at 1:27 pm
  
  Hi Terri,
  This is from Johnny’s website…
  Johnny’s Is a Proud Employee-Owned Company
  Johnny’s Selected Seeds was a sole proprietorship from January 1973 until July 1975, when the company was incorporated in Maine. Over the years, Johnny’s has grown on the good graces of its customers, and the company had never received investments from any source. This changed in July 2006, when Johnny’s Selected Seeds took investment from its employees. Johnny’s became 100% employee owned in June of 2012.
  There’s a lot of misinformation on the internet, I think this is one of those cases.
  ~ Evelyn
  
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