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I have no idea why people are resistent to such modified crops, as it is the key to supplying food for an ever increasing population with limited available crop land.
Much of the resistance comes from people who have smart genes.
What in the world is wrong with seed that has been technologically modified to reduce spoilage, minimize chemical pesticides, increase yields, and resist disease and drought? Technophobia, combined with absolutely no idea what is involved in the technology to improve things, never ceases to amaze me in this day and age.
Or is this the religious cult view that humans shouldn't try to do ANYTHING to improve the world, because the supposed supernatural deity supposedly likes pain and suffering and waste?
In theory it is great stuff, but for small farmers it has the potential to wipe them out.
The case, Organic Seed Growers & Trade Association, et al. v. Monsanto, was filed in federal district court in Manhattan and assigned to Judge Naomi Buchwald. Plaintiffs in the suit represent a broad array of family farmers, small businesses and organizations from within the organic agriculture community in Canada and the US who are increasingly threatened by GM seed contamination despite using their best efforts to avoid it. The plaintiff organizations have over 270,000 members, including thousands of certified organic family farmers.
“This case asks whether Monsanto has the right to sue organic farmers for patent infringement if Monsanto's transgenic seed should land on their property,” said Dan Ravicher, Executive Director of the Public Patent Foundation (PUBPAT) and Lecturer of Law at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York. “It seems quite perverse that an organic farmer contaminated by transgenic seed could be accused of patent infringement, but Monsanto has made such accusations before and is notorious for having sued hundreds of farmers for patent infringement, so we had to act to protect the interests of our clients.”
The risk of contamination is high and once GM seeds are released into the environment, they cannot be recalled or controlled. Canadian farmers are still suffering the consequences of market loss after the 2009 GM contamination of flax, and organic canola was virtually erased as a crop for farmers in Canada due to GM contamination.
Much of the resistance comes from people who have smart genes.
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