Website review: Monsanto&039;s Harvest of Fear: Pol...
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Thar rated 6 days ago- "...In 1980 the U.S. Supreme Court, in a five-to-four decision, turned seeds into widgets, laying the groundwork for a handful of corporations to begin taking control of the world's food supply. In its decision, the court extended patent law to cover "a live human-made microorganism." In this case, the organism wasn't even a seed. Rather, it was a Pseudomonas bacterium developed by a General Electric scientist to clean up oil spills. But the precedent was set, and Monsanto took advantage of it. Since the 1980s, Monsanto has become the world leader in genetic modification of seeds and has won 674 biotechnology patents, more than any other company, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture data."
- sillydog2112 rated 7 days ago
- Meet the new Bogeymen - Monsanto. I know, it's sorta sci-fi, the idea of jackbooted thugs that threaten citizens with lawsuits like we're living in the movie Brazil (Tuttle?), but this sort of this is happeneing all the time. I think they pick on midwesterners because they can't get away with doing that shit west of the Rockies. It's time for midwesterners to stand up and kick this company right the hell outa town.
- Budoshu rated 8 days ago
- "...Monsanto developed G.M. seeds that would resist its own herbicide, Roundup, offering farmers a convenient way to spray fields with weed killer without affecting crops. Monsanto then patented the seeds. For nearly all of its history the United States Patent and Trademark Office had refused to grant patents on seeds, viewing them as life-forms with too many variables to be patented. "It's not like describing a widget," says Joseph Mendelson III, the legal director of the Center for Food Safety, which has tracked Monsanto's activities in rural America for years. Indeed not. But in 1980 the U.S. Supreme Court, in a five-to-four decision, turned seeds into widgets, laying the groundwork for a handful of corporations to begin taking control of the world's food supply. In its decision, the court extended patent law to cover "a live human-made microorganism." In this case, the organism wasn't even a seed. Rather, it was a Pseudomonas bacterium developed by a General Electric scientist to clean up oil spills. But the precedent was set, and Monsanto took advantage of it. Since the 1980s, Monsanto has become the world leader in genetic modification of seeds and has won 674 biotechnology patents, more than any other company, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture data. Farmers who buy Monsanto's patented Roundup Ready seeds are required to sign an agreement promising not to save the seed produced after each harvest for re-planting, or to sell the seed to other farmers. This means that farmers must buy new seed every year. Those increased sales, coupled with ballooning sales of its Roundup weed killer, have been a bonanza for Monsanto...." No thanks: An anti-Monsanto crop circle made by farmers and volunteers in the Philippines.
- dgirlp rated 11 days ago
- Oh happy day! Mainstream media gets in on the GMO audacity...
- Hach3 rated 2 weeks ago
- "The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing...."(Santayana) - It's good to see people are making a stand.
- TaibhseAnam rated 2 weeks ago
- From the page: "Farmers who buy Monsanto"s patented Roundup Ready seeds are required to sign an agreement promising not to save the seed produced after each harvest for re-planting, or to sell the seed to other farmers. This means that farmers must buy new seed every year. Those increased sales, coupled with ballooning sales of its Roundup weed killer, have been a bonanza for Monsanto." No wonder food is getting increasingly expensive. I wonder how much seed goes to waste? I have my own garden to compensate for G.M. foods and ridiculously high food prices. I have a fundamental issue with paying $5.00 for a handful of berries I can grow by the hundreds in my yard.
- abbynormal92243 rated 4 weeks ago
- From the page: "Monsanto developed G.M. seeds that would resist its own herbicide, Roundup, offering farmers a convenient way to spray fields with weed killer without affecting crops. Monsanto then patented the seeds. For nearly all of its history the United States Patent and Trademark Office had refused to grant patents on seeds, viewing them as life-forms with too many variables to be patented. â€oeItâ€s not like describing a widget,” says Joseph Mendelson III, the legal director of the Center for Food Safety, which has tracked Monsantoâ€s activities in rural America for years. Indeed not. But in 1980 the U.S. Supreme Court, in a five-to-four decision, turned seeds into widgets, laying the groundwork for a handful of corporations to begin taking control of the worldâ€s food supply. "
- lazarst rated 4 weeks ago
- From the page: "When the stranger persisted, Rinehart showed him the door. On the way out the man kept making threats. Rinehart says he can't remember the exact words, but they were to the effect of: "Monsanto is big. You can't win. We will get you. You will pay.ť" Thank you KarenAK!
- KarenAK rated 4 weeks ago
- Humankind's enemy No 1 Monsanto's Harvest of Fear Monsanto already dominates America's food chain with its genetically modified seeds. Now it has targeted milk production. Just as frightening as the corporation's tactics-ruthless legal battles against small farmers-is its decades-long history of toxic contamination. ...more
- Bambooculm rated 4 weeks ago
- From the page: "Monsanto's Harvest of Fear Monsanto already dominates America's food chain with its genetically modified seeds. Now it has targeted milk production. Just as frightening as the corporation's tactics ruthless legal battles against small farmers is its decades-long history of toxic contamination."
