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People fear what they do not know or understand. Mansanto's businesses practices may be at times unethical, but is there any fault in genetically breeding super

by jostmey 14y ago

People fear what they do not know or understand. Mansanto's businesses practices may be at times unethical, but is there any fault in genetically breeding superior crops and profiting from it? If there is one area of research that thrives on patent protection, this is it.

D9u 14y ago
And when that GMO crop pollinates adjacent non GMO crops, Monsanto can sue the adjacent farmer(s) for "stealing" Monsanto's GMO. This is an inherent flaw, and has already occurred. Sort of like the fox guarding the hen house.
- aaron695 14y ago
  >And when that GMO crop pollinates adjacent non GMO crops, Monsanto can sue the adjacent farmer(s) for "stealing" Monsanto's GMO. >This an inherent flaw, and has already occurred. Pretty sure this is not true. Care to site. Only case I heard of was that was dodgy was a farmer who had seed contamination from trucks driving by which is totally different to what you are implying.
  - D9u 14y ago
    Cite? http://www.dailytech.com/Monsanto+Defeats+Small+Farmers+in+Critical+Bioethics+Class+Action+Suit/article24118.htm http://www.dailytech.com/Monsanto+Defeats+Small+Farmers+in+C...
    - jrs235 14y ago
      After reading some comments in the article his nought popped into my head. Biodiversity is like vaccinations. It is a natural mechanism to prevent catastrophic die offs. The ticking time bomb goes off when the non diverse crop collides with a pest we aren't aware of that will thrive off of the crop causing environment damage and fine as the entire no diverse crop gets decimated... Just like what happened to the Native Americans when they were introduced to smallpox. Why do we think we can control nature? Edit: writing comments on an iPad stinks. Sorry for the typos.
    - splawn 14y ago
      Here is a better link. That dailytech article says things such as "Monsanto won damages of $400000" which isn't true. It also didn't mention that the sued farmer knew what he was planting after it blew into his property, he claimed "property rights". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsanto_Canada_Inc._v._Schmeiser https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsanto_Canada_Inc._v._Schmei...

by jostmey 14y ago

D9u 14y ago

And when that GMO crop pollinates adjacent non GMO crops, Monsanto can sue the adjacent farmer(s) for "stealing" Monsanto's GMO. This is an inherent flaw, and has already occurred. Sort of like the fox guarding the hen house.

aaron695 14y ago
>And when that GMO crop pollinates adjacent non GMO crops, Monsanto can sue the adjacent farmer(s) for "stealing" Monsanto's GMO. >This an inherent flaw, and has already occurred. Pretty sure this is not true. Care to site. Only case I heard of was that was dodgy was a farmer who had seed contamination from trucks driving by which is totally different to what you are implying.
- D9u 14y ago
  Cite? http://www.dailytech.com/Monsanto+Defeats+Small+Farmers+in+Critical+Bioethics+Class+Action+Suit/article24118.htm http://www.dailytech.com/Monsanto+Defeats+Small+Farmers+in+C...
  - jrs235 14y ago
    After reading some comments in the article his nought popped into my head. Biodiversity is like vaccinations. It is a natural mechanism to prevent catastrophic die offs. The ticking time bomb goes off when the non diverse crop collides with a pest we aren't aware of that will thrive off of the crop causing environment damage and fine as the entire no diverse crop gets decimated... Just like what happened to the Native Americans when they were introduced to smallpox. Why do we think we can control nature? Edit: writing comments on an iPad stinks. Sorry for the typos.
  - splawn 14y ago
    Here is a better link. That dailytech article says things such as "Monsanto won damages of $400000" which isn't true. It also didn't mention that the sued farmer knew what he was planting after it blew into his property, he claimed "property rights". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsanto_Canada_Inc._v._Schmeiser https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsanto_Canada_Inc._v._Schmei...