Any farmers on this list?
SCO tried something similar by suing the entire world, claiming it owned
Linux. It failed.
Perhaps this is a good time to look into seed banks and get to work
contacting your government representatives.
I can recommend Daniel Charles's /Lords of the Harvest: Biotechnology,
Big Money, and the Future of Food/ (Perseus Publishing, 2001), a
landmark account of how genetically engineered crops came to be, and how
they became, controversial. The book has been praised in publications
ranging from /Scientific American/ to the /Harvard Business Review/, and
from /The Washington Post/ to /Farm Journal/.
In part because of his own experience in agriculture - he has lived and
worked on farms in Pennsylvania and in France - Charles has devoted
special attention to agricultural issues. He’s covered controversies
over genetically engineered food as well as international battles over
ownership of plant genes and the environmental impact of conventional
agriculture.
-Mike
Guag Meister wrote:
Hi Keith and Doug and All ;
Respectfully, you are absolutely correct that you can
still by seeds that are "heirloom". This is the
present time. What is frightening is the direction
that the planet is headed.
How long before these "heirloom" seed suppliers are
bought by the agro giants? How long before some gene
sneaks into the "heirloom" verieties and patent
infringment money is due? What to do when two
different genes from two (or more!) different
companies are in your crop? You'll be sue'ed from
every direction.
Respectfully we all need to wake up. It will not be
long (like 100 years) that ALL life forms (including
animals) will be patented. Anyone think that this
will guarantee "quality"?
Governments need to invalidate ANY and ALL patents on
life forms. And while they are at it they should make
it illegal to sell seeds which bear sterile seeds.
Best Regards,
Peter G.
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