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Old 12-27-2011, 04:36 PM   #6 (permalink)
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My major issue is when a company creates crops that contain self-destructive genes that prevent them from producing viable seed. You must continually go back to them and purchase more seed for the next season; you can never use part of the harvest as next year's seed since they are all sterile. This creates a dependency on them that I am not comfortable with. Then, to to strenghten that dependency you must drive out the competition by harassing the small farmers in the courts for having crops nearby that 1. either will obtain a portion of the patented crop's genetics (due to wind or bees), or 2. will create pollen that will pollute or alter (again due to wind or bees) the patented crops, and according to monsanto cause 'damage' to their property by doing so. If the small farm was there first, I guess monsanto shouldn't have moved in. If monsanto wants to sue someone, sue the bees, the beekeeper, or God for making the bees and causing the wind to blow. (in other words, monsanto, go piss in the wind)

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