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GMO giants DuPont have contracted dozens of retired law enforcement officers to begin patrolling farms in the US next year to spot any potential intellectual property theft.
“Farmers are never going to get cheap access to these genetically engineered varieties,” Charles Benbrook
“Everyone always goes to the idea that we are trying to intimidate people and nothing could be further from the truth,” Agro President Dennis Birtles tells Bloomberg. “We are trying to create deterrence.”
... hoping to find farmers that have purchased contracts to use their genetically modified soybean seeds but have breached the terms of agreement by illegally using the product for repeat harvests.
Originally posted by FFS4000
Easy answer, shoot the rifst one that appears on their property as a trespasser, they'll think twice about going on the property then
Originally posted by FFS4000
Easy answer, shoot the rifst one that appears on their property as a trespasser, they'll think twice about going on the property then
Originally posted by alfa1
So therefore if the ONLY reason that farmers are being "hunted down" is that they have breached the terms of a contract they have signed, then they will be free of any worries if they simply DONT break terms of any contract they have signed.
Originally posted by alfa1
But you neglected to quote this important part of the article...
... hoping to find farmers that have purchased contracts to use their genetically modified soybean seeds but have breached the terms of agreement by illegally using the product for repeat harvests.
So therefore if the ONLY reason that farmers are being "hunted down" is that they have breached the terms of a contract they have signed, then they will be free of any worries if they simply DONT break terms of any contract they have signed.
If you can find ANY other reason that farmers are "hunted down" other than violating a contract they have signed, then go ahead and state it.
However, if the yields of GMO are so completely awful and damaging to land as the anti-GM crowd claim, the farmers wont be using them anyway, so once again free of any worry.
So whats the actual problem here?
Originally posted by tebyen
Doesn't matter if they signed a contract or not. The following scenario can (and has) get you sued by this same company.
Farmer A plants crops using regular seeds. Farmer B plants crops using patented seeds. Both farmers plants grow during the season. Due to prevailing winds, Farmer A's regular plants get pollinated by Farmer B's special plants.
Before you shoot, how about attempting to petetion your legislature first!
Originally posted by FFS4000
Easy answer, shoot the rifst one that appears on their property as a trespasser, they'll think twice about going on the property then
I agree with you in the fact that farmers who grow GMO's are bound by, and therefore subject to the breach of, the contract they signed. I don't think a non GMO farmer can be sued for cross pollination onto his crops be it from wind or insects.
I am well aware that a few urban legends abound about this "wind blown contamination" scenario,
Farmers will grow what sells, this has always been the case. I feel the problem here resides in our ignorance. Labeling will not get rid of GMO crops directly. It will give the consumer an opportunity to make an informed decision and then the farmers will grow what the consumers want.
However, if the yields of GMO are so completely awful and damaging to land as the anti-GM crowd claim, the farmers wont be using them anyway, so once again free of any worry.
So labeling is already been step on and trash thanks to big money
This is an ongoing battle that a majority of the people in the US have not yet participated in. They may have won a battle but the war continues.
the reason they won