MONSANTO PATENTS ASSERTED AGAINST AMERICAN FARMERS REJECTED BY PATENT OFFICE


	MONSANTO PATENTS ASSERTED AGAINST AMERICAN FARMERS REJECTED BY PATENT OFFICE

jetcloud

8-8-2007 3:42 PM

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jetcloud says:

One study of the matter found that, "Monsanto has used heavy-handed investigations and ruthless prosecutions that have fundamentally changed the way many American farmers farm. The result has been nothing less than an assault on the foundations of farming practices and traditions that have endured for centuries in this country and millennia around the world, including one of the oldest, the right to save and replant crop seed."

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8-8-2007 5:06 PM

righthand

Great news

8-8-2007 5:49 PM

bignosemousie

So, so excellent.

8-8-2007 6:45 PM

enbar

A bit of good news. Nice.

8-8-2007 7:41 PM

The REAL Napster

Makers of 'Roundup' among other horribly, nasty chemicals. About time someone go the upper hand on them.

8-8-2007 8:20 PM

cristambor

At last some common sense!

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