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To: one_less who wrote (2103)	10/1/2006 12:57:38 PM
From: JBTFD	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10087

"little or no reason to have negative concerns." Yes that is one opinion, the opinion of those who will profit from lack of diversity and patenting of life forms. They see nothing wrong with the greed behind ideas like the terminator seed. They feel themselves entitled to their pound of flesh from every human endeavor, even if it means some or many will starve to death in the process. Concentration of power is at the root of all evil and these technologies will be used to further concentrate power unless they are opposed by those with conscience.

To: one_less who wrote (2103)	10/2/2006 5:29:37 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10087

Could these laws force organic farmers and other small diverse agricultural businesses out of the market, similar to how historical regs had a negative impact on family farms. Unlikely. Organic farming is growing. It can never be the world's main source of food again (unless we have a massive decrease in population), but its a very healthy niche market. Also even if non-organic GMO farming could and did push organic farming out, it would be the economic competitiveness of the GMO farming techniques, not the laws. The laws don't say "you can't farm organically", they just allow GMO techniques to compete.