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To: Ilaine who wrote (732)	9/13/2006 1:21:43 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10087

Exactly how do you patent a seed that you didn't develop yourself You incorporate, pick out a nice name like Monsanto to tag yers elf with, and give a lot of money to pols; in this case, the R's... Even though technically, the Iraqi farmer is not being stopped from saving and sharing seed from traditional crops at this time, nevertheless there is now also nothing stopping Monsanto, Cargill, Dow, Syngenta, Bayer and other multinationals from "describing" or "characterizing" those traditional seeds, and thereby patenting those seeds in the future. Message 22808183 Then, there is wind drift. GMO doesn't stay at home. Pollen drifts to the next field. "Oh, GMO genes in his crop; he stole our seed; let's sue."