Genetic engineers have crafted what is called the "terminator gene"
which, when inserted into a natural, native seed, prevents a natural germination
and reproductive process
and prevents farmers to use seeds from one crop year to the next,
(i.e. resulting in seeds and food products which are the same as the parent plants and seeds).
In fact, lawyers for the GE companies have crafted patents which prevent farmers from using
these "dead-end" seeds the next year;
thus forcing them instead to purchase a new batch of GE seeds on a yearly basis.
Unwanted pollination of nearby, non-GE fields by the pollen from the GE field
brings lawsuits against the unsuspecting neighbor farmer when he takes his crop to market
and it is determined that he is attempting to sell crops with GE characteristics
without a valid GE seed license!
This is actually happening - and has a very foreboding future for the small family farmer
who diligently tills his own fields and uses seeds from one crop year to the next.
GE companies and their lawyers seek an end to such historic farming activities
and a complete, worldwide monopoly of food production. |
