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Javaman

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26. "anonymous tip"

Reply to Earth_First (Original post)

Tue Apr 10, 2012, 09:30 AM

Apr 2012

sounds like monsanto "tipped" themselves off.

more like predatory litigation to me.

all they have to do is look on a map of the various farms and see which ones buy their crappy seed and those who don't. Then check the various weather reports for wind direction over the time when fields go to seed and just extrapolate from there to the farms where the GMO seed could have possibly blown onto.

they sue the farmer when they find a single seed, drive up court costs to astronomical levels, the farmer has to declare bankruptcy and in swoops a monsanto to buy up the land.

check and mate.

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This story infuriates and breaks my heart (Monsanto) [View all] Earth_First Apr 2012 OP

don't know what to say paulk Apr 2012 #1

No warrant and that investigator would have a bruised rear end from me kicking his ass off of my Lint Head Apr 2012 #2

I think in most instances that most farmers are just honest, trusting individuals... Earth_First Apr 2012 #4

I agree. Lint Head Apr 2012 #5

You'd just be defending your castle. nt sudopod Apr 2012 #18

Pathetic and infuriating! jillan Apr 2012 #3

I'm sorry to say this felix_numinous Apr 2012 #6

we must rethink our entire food supply... handmade34 Apr 2012 #7

This is the reason I won't eat soy. That and what they've done in India and Canada. freshwest Apr 2012 #8

Would you eat organic soy? roody Apr 2012 #14

Some of the people I know who grow organic still have to do expensive tests to prove their produce freshwest Apr 2012 #16

A product cannot be labelled USDA organic if it is known to have GMOs. roody Apr 2012 #23

If available. 90% of the soy consumed is GMO. Eat all you want. n/t freshwest Apr 2012 #24

Organic soy products are widely available where I live. roody Apr 2012 #28

unfortunately handmade34 Apr 2012 #21

True, and apparently some don't care, either. Or they'd boycott it. In my area, we avoid it. freshwest Apr 2012 #25

Percy Schmeiser Canuckistanian Apr 2012 #9

Monsanto is "protecting the farmers" by their patented seeds? NAO Apr 2012 #10

monsanto is EVIL. Voice for Peace Apr 2012 #11

What is being done to help Mo Parr and the Runyons? peacebird Apr 2012 #12

before he was appointed supreme court judge iemitsu Apr 2012 #13

Monsanto successfully sued Parr in Indiana court. justice1 Apr 2012 #15

Here's how Monsanto arranges for a FDA pass to poison the planet with their putrid GMO shit. JohnyCanuck Apr 2012 #17

All it takes is one fungus developing a taste for these crops... hunter Apr 2012 #19

Birds could even 'drop' seeds, for Lord's sake. Mimosa Apr 2012 #20

Year old story. How did it turn out? nt Ilsa Apr 2012 #22

"anonymous tip" Javaman Apr 2012 #26

And that is how we go back in time 500 years. laundry_queen Apr 2012 #29

Ding*ding*ding* we have a winner HeiressofBickworth Apr 2012 #30

Monsanto is so powerful... bvar22 Apr 2012 #27

I hope their lawyer also uses the term "contamination". kentauros Apr 2012 #31