Comments on: Canadian Farmer Countersued Monsanto Over GMO Crops and Won!

By: Monsanto's Creeping Contamination Strategy | Hartke Is Online!

Monsanto's Creeping Contamination Strategy | Hartke Is Online! — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 15:34:48 +0000

[...] to sue farmers who wind up with unwanted contamination. Here is a story about a brave farmer who countersued Monsanto and [...]

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By: EcoYogini

EcoYogini — Fri, 01 May 2009 16:04:25 +0000

I had heard about Percy’s struggles a while ago (In Earth Path by Starhawk) and wondered what were the results.

I am very proud of our Canadian Legal system after reading this.

Honestly the concept of ‘owning’ a gene in a living organism is frightening in it’s ethical and future legal implications, which we can see already occuring in Monsanto’s attempt to monopolize the industry. This court ruling (the second ruling that Percy won) is a nice reality check to huge corporations like Monsanto.

Thanks for the news
Blessings

EcoYogini’s last blog post..Non-Attachment and Outdoor Yoga Obsession

By: Fight Back Fridays — April 24th | Food Renegade

Fight Back Fridays — April 24th | Food Renegade — Fri, 01 May 2009 00:42:25 +0000

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By: Brad Mitchell

Brad Mitchell — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 22:04:18 +0000

This is Brad from Monsanto.

We have a bit different take on this!

First, Percy was found to have infringed on our patents in the original court case and the subsequent appeals and Supreme Court case. There was no “contamination”. In the words of the Supreme Court:
“Mr. Schmeiser complained that the original plants came onto his land without his intervention. However, he did not at all explain why he sprayed Roundup to isolate the Roundup Ready plants he found on his land; why he then harvested the plants and segregated the seeds, saved them, and kept them for seed; why he planted them; and why, through his husbandry, he ended up with 1,030 acres of Roundup Ready canola which would have cost him $15,000.”

You can read more at http://www.monsanto.com/monsanto_today/for_the_record/percy_schmeiser.asp Note that we provide links to the actual court documents, not misleading news stories.

As far as the “cleanup” to which you refer, Monsanto has a standng stewardship program to remove volunteer RR canola from fields in which it was planted, even when it was planted illegally.

Brad Mitchell’s last blog post..Video: Monsanto’s Planting Update from the Field – Kansas

By: Kimberly Hartke

Kimberly Hartke — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 19:07:08 +0000

Hi Brad–thanks for visiting. I have heard of neighbors fertilizing the heck out of their property boundaries to get greener grass to grow, but have never heard of their more prosperous neighbor coming onto their property to count the blades that grew.

Interesting to hear your side, though!

Kimberly

By: FoodRenegade

FoodRenegade — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:20:24 +0000

Thanks for this post. I’d always had mixed emotions about Percy’s supreme court ruling b/c it was so divided. Sure, he didn’t have to pay any damages to Monsanto, but the court also ruled that Percy had violated the law by having Monsanto’s plants in his fields — even though it didn’t get there through any effort or desire of his own.

I think it’s fantastic that he then turned around and sued them for infringing on his fields! And HE WON.

That’s a great precedent.

Thanks for submitting this to Fight Back Fridays today!

Cheers,
KristenM
(AKA FoodRenegade)

By: CHEESESLAVE

CHEESESLAVE — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:04:10 +0000

Great post! I RTd on Twitter and am stumbling. CHEESESLAVE’s last blog post..GMO Expert, Jeffrey Smith on George Noory’s Coast To Coast

By: Emma

Emma — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:54:54 +0000

Brilliant! I’m glad he did this, and won, and is free to tell others. People like Percy work hard at keeping their crops healthy and don’t need this kind of interferance.