*apart from the health issues... this is having another aspect. farmers interests and rights are violated.* ** *http://www.indiatogether.org/agriculture/articles/twn-seed.htm* ** *"I've been using my own seed for years, and now farmers like me are being told we can't do that anymore if our neighbours are growing (genetically modified) crops that blow in. ... Basically, the right to use our own seed has been taken away.*' says Percy Schmeiser, a Canadian farmer. At the end of March, a Canadian judge ordered farmer Percy Schmeiser to pay Monsanto thousands of dollars because a genetically modified (GM) canola variety patented by Monsanto was found growing on his field. This decision was reached even though Schmeiser consistently stated that he did not grow these seeds voluntarily, but that his crops were cross-pollinated by modified plants from another farm. Although several similar lawsuits have been filed against farmers in North America, this is the first case that ended up in a trial." ...
2009/11/27 jtd <[email protected]> > On Thursday 26 November 2009, Arun SAG wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Vandana shiva talks about how patenting of seeds by billg backed > monstanto > > harms farmers freedom and their interests . I think there is no harm in > > sharing it here http://boycottnovell.com/videos/monsanto-patents.ogg > > > > Story at http://boycottnovell.com/2009/11/25/monsanto-video/ > > > > Cheers, > > Never mind the farmers are you sure that baingan bharta you just ate does > not > contain insect genes?. And the idli did not contain some fungus genes > spliced > in gratis. > Even if the farmer did indeed benefit in some way, you and I face unseen > risks > in consuming genetic material which nature has for good measure kept > separate > for eons. > > -- > Rgds > JTD > _______________________________________________ > network mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in >
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