[goodwithagun]

Interesting.

[JSDude1]

Monsanto should be broken up and some of the leadership arrested for far worse..

[factoryrat]

Monsanto is a law firm masquerading as a seed producer. They probably make more money off of patent lawsuits, by suing farmers whose crops are contaminated by accidental cross pollination with their product, than actually producing seed.

[Tilted Irish Kilt]

(from the article):"..The original tomatoes came from an international gene bank in Germany
that is supposed to safeguard the seeds for the common good in further plant breeding to ensure world food security.
“Taking seeds from international gene banks for filing patents on genetic resources and their native traits
is nothing less than theft, biopiracy and abuse of patent law”, says Francois Meienberg for Berne Declaration.

Follow the money !!
Biopiracy , that's a new concept to me, but the theft , use, and then charging extra for alledged patent fraud is , in fact , criminal business over-reach.
Then what happens when you try to grow the original international gene bank tomato here in the States for home or commercial use ?
Monsanto , the agricultural monolith , will come after you for patent infringement, sort of how they did several years ago
when a farmer saved seed from the previous years crop, and then replanted the second generation of corn, and was successfuly sued by Monsanto.
If you grew this tomato in the U.S., you could be successfuly sued by Monsanto as their patent is protected here in the U.S. with FedGovt.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

John Boehner takes their cash, as do many other RINOs:

http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/pacgot.php?cmte=C00042069

I work for a seed company; we do NOT sell ANY GMO seeds, but I can expect to be GRILLED at least once a week by a customer about Monsanto and if we buy anything from them. (We don’t!) Prior to my current gig, I worked for a non-profit seed company, specializing in heirloom (open-pollinated) seed.

Monsanto is NOTHING but trouble; it has become a front for something much, much worse.

[AllAmericanGirl44]

bkmk

[JimRed]

Genetically modified food: The new AGW.