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I do not believe a farmer is responsible for plants that were spread to his farm by natural means. If the farmer did not plant the seeds he is not responsible for the plants. I guess this is too simple a concept for the agribusinesses that think they have a patent on their genetic manipulations. IMHO patenting a seed is an absurdity.
Taylor has long been hostile to food safety. While working as a lobbyist, Taylor authored more than a dozen articles critical of the Delaney clause, a 1958 federal law prohibiting the introduction of known carcinogens into processed foods, which had long been opposed by Monsanto and other chemical and pesticide companies. This episode is regarded as one of the first modern food scares based on a chemical additive. When Taylor rejoined the federal government, he continued advocating that Delaney should be overturned. This was finally done when President Clinton signed the so-called Food Quality Protection Act on the eve of the 1996 elections.
I do not believe a farmer is responsible for plants that were spread to his farm by natural means. If the farmer did not plant the seeds he is not responsible for the plants. I guess this is too simple a concept for the agribusinesses that think they have a patent on their genetic manipulations. IMHO patenting a seed is an absurdity.
Would you join protests against Monsanto, in the United States? Somehow I doubt it.
"GM [genetically modified] chemical companies constantly claim they have the answer to world hunger while selling products which have never led to overall increases in production, and which have sometimes decreased yields or even led to crop failures" says Peter Melchett, Soil Association policy director. According to the report by the Soil Association, "The yields of all major GM crop varieties in cultivation are lower than, or at best, equivalent to, yields from non-GM varieties"[67].
I watched an interview with India's former minister of agriculture, who was in office during the 'green revolution' there. He said in hindsight the whole development back then was a giant mistake. Indian farmers lost most of their original crop diversity and the harvest can no longer be used as seeds, making farmers dependent on seeds from those huge companies. And not only do they have to buy seeds all the time, but also fertilizer as the engineered crops exploit the soil, and pesticides as those imported species are not made for local bugs.
What companies such as Monsanto want is the eradication of diverse independent conventional farming.
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