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"kzin" wrote:

On 25-Jan-2008, Billy wrote:

Over half the seeds sold for gardens already have copyrights on them.

If you want a grim vision of where patented GM seeds is leading the world
see if you can find the short story . It takes place in a
world where all seeds are patented and farmers are subject to having their
fields destroyed if they use, even accidentally, any seed not purchased from
licensed sellers. Plants have been modified so that they do not produce
seed and so new seed must be purchased at the start of every growing season.
Producing your own seed, i.e. natural farming, is impossible. Trying to
farm using old non-GM seeds is impossible due to the GM predators developed
by the agribusiness to ensure only plants grown from their seed stock have
any chance of survival.

Fiction yes, but not all that far fetched.

ml

I'm hooked. The anthology that the "The Calorie Man" is in, "Pump Six
and Other Stories", isn't to be released for 4 more days. Where did you
read it? I have "extremely" limited interrogation techniques so please
speak up.

Also, thanks for the recommendation, I'm sure I'll be reading it soon:-)
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Billy

Bush & Cheney, Behind Bars
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