tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145304480917779208.post39706584060554055..comments2023-12-27T07:25:11.324-05:00Comments on Cincinnati Locavore: Monsanto vs. farmersUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145304480917779208.post-31045413559534286322010-08-10T02:19:27.641-04:002010-08-10T02:19:27.641-04:00Why don't the courts view Monsanto's alle...Why don't the courts view Monsanto's alleged acts or omissions as trespass, since their genetically altered seeds end up on the farmers' lands, without their consent? How did the "table turn" against the farmers? This is like something out of a "sci fi" movie. Too bad it's not fiction.<br /><br />Soon large corporations will find ways to charge consumers for clean air and sunlight, just like we're charged for clean water. Now, farmers are being charged for licenses for seeds that they don't want. Go figure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145304480917779208.post-50103768706357204722010-02-11T11:02:20.384-05:002010-02-11T11:02:20.384-05:00Anonymous, Monsanto owns most of the seed companie...Anonymous, Monsanto owns most of the seed companies at this point, and the hybrids they've developed have intentionally weak offspring -- which means farmers can't save seed from one year's crop to plant for next year, which is what farmers did for ten thousand years.valereeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07109328679669048231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145304480917779208.post-23958839807274954392010-02-08T12:32:26.917-05:002010-02-08T12:32:26.917-05:00In the purest sense, Monsanto fighting over its se...In the purest sense, Monsanto fighting over its seeds isn't any different than the record companies fighting over people burning CDs. I don't think misguided attempts to protect their work-product make them evil. That said, if everyone agrees Monsanto is bad to do business with, why don't they all just stop buying seeds from them? I mean they only have vast financial resources because farmer's buy their seeds, right? Before anyone suggests that they have no choice, I guess as a novice I have to wonder what farmer's did the last 10,000 years without Monsanto?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145304480917779208.post-63466775819901741982008-04-29T12:06:00.000-04:002008-04-29T12:06:00.000-04:00Thank you for this and the article in Vanity Fair....Thank you for this and the article in Vanity Fair. I'm just learning about the seed industry and am at the head shaking in disbelief and sick stomach phase. I'll see Percy Schmeiser with Claire Hope Cummings, the author of Seeds of Peril, speaking this weekend. And I recently saw Vendana Shiva who is doing a lot of work with seed saving. All good information but now what to do.Kale for Salehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02467378353738682141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145304480917779208.post-19973027709106819342008-04-27T09:20:00.000-04:002008-04-27T09:20:00.000-04:00Val, Great post, thank, the tide is turning thanks...Val, <BR/>Great post, thank, the tide is turning thanks to folks like you! A local reminder, Deborah Koons Garcia is from the tristate, she grew up in Indian Hill.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145304480917779208.post-1431975347694765812008-04-26T19:29:00.000-04:002008-04-26T19:29:00.000-04:00Thank you for posting this. I already hated Monsan...Thank you for posting this. I already hated Monsanto, but now I have even MORE reason.Veggie Optionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13624005618846493314noreply@blogger.com