Family Farmers Mobilize in Ongoing Battle Against Monsanto

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8. Whoever wrote this has a droll sense of humour! "could quite perversely also be accused

of patent infringement by the company responsible for the transgenic seed that contaminates them."

Monsanto HAS sued more than a few small family farmers for exactly that - having contaminated crops from Big Ag farms that have been cross pollinated into their own organic fields. Its been a long simmering (and expensive) battle for a couple of decades now in the small farming community. Organizations like Seed Savers Exchange have gone to great lengths to try and preserve original seeds and have been one of the leaders in preservation (without Monsanto contamination!)

We don't want their seeds but since the acreage planted with them is so, so much more than ours, its a losing battle. Its almost inevitable in some areas of the country where corn/soy operations own millions of acres. Tiny organic plots don't stand a chance of staying pure in the face of such acreage. Then Monsanto comes in and sues USas though we're somehow poaching Monsanto's product. Its scary crazy.