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The PhytoAthlete wrote:I read something a couple years back that Monsanto was sueing farmers who refused to use their seeds to plant their crops. The way I understood it, they sued the farmers because they claimed the pollen from their crops blew by air over into Monsanto seed crops thus causing a problem for the Monsanto crops. It sounded like a crazy bogus thing for Monsanto to do, I assume it was true. But I never heard how the it all turned out in court.
blabbate wrote:I don't remember this, but something similar. Monsanto's GMO seeds blow or are brought by birds onto neighboring farmers' lands. Monsanto then sues those farmers for patent infringement. Historically, they have been successful with this tactic.
The PhytoAthlete wrote:blabbate wrote:I don't remember this, but something similar. Monsanto's GMO seeds blow or are brought by birds onto neighboring farmers' lands. Monsanto then sues those farmers for patent infringement. Historically, they have been successful with this tactic.
Ok, maybe that is what it was, for patent infringement. Regardless, I don't know how they can sue someone for something the wind or birds done and be successful, but evidently they do.
Adena wrote:I can't remember what it was called, but I watched a documentary about farming and the farmers who worked for Monsanto tried to save seeds, which is a time honored skill in farming/gardening, and were pressured not to so they had to spend far more money buying new seeds every planting season. I don't remember if they were actually sued or not.
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