RE: GMO vs Organic
March 22, 2016 at 7:27 am
(This post was last modified: March 22, 2016 at 7:34 am by The Grand Nudger.)
(March 21, 2016 at 9:40 am)Nymphadora Wrote: I will be more than happy to admit that I'm wrong about them, until proven so, however, documentaries have been done on Montsano that show what they are doing. They don't hold patents in crops themselves, but they do hold patents on seeds that have been genetically modified and that's the rub. Crops like wheat have seeds that can get carried away in the wind, thus spreading to other farmland. Farms that don't have the exclusive rights to plant GMO seeds are being sued.There's been a bit of mythmaking about monsanto in that regard, not that their legal dept isn't as shady as any other major multi-national. Monsanto brings things to trial when it's determined that a significant portion of the crop is theirs. In the most famous case, over 95% of the field was roundup ready, this was not lost on the small farmer..he was using roundup on it- he knew exactly what he had. He claimed that this was wind blown contamination, and saved seed. That's so unlikely as to be impossible (but it makes for a good story). When that happens, monsanto first offers to license, then to buy the crop at extreme discount, and finally to destroy the crop at their own cost. Having refused all of these offers, a farmer will be sued...and they will lose.
(March 22, 2016 at 6:20 am)Alex K Wrote: I was under the impression that that's not a principle that was introduced recently on purpose to make money, but has been a really old hat and a biological necessity ever since people decided to use hybrid seeds?
Yes and no. F1 hybrids don't produce true to type. That;s not something breeders engineered or bred in, just heredity.
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