[Palter]

Monsanto GM ‘oil’ spill? I recall them going after farmers for using ‘their’ seeds?

[SouthTexas]

TB, ya might ping the garden thread.

[tubebender]

Ping For the garden forum...

[Venturer]

Probably every plant that exists has some genetic influence as pollination doesnt stay in one field.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Whoopeee!!!!

Now Monsanto can extort EVERYBODY!!!!

"Sir, your weeds contain proprietary Monsanto genes. YOU OWE US!!!!"

[Talisker]

We found transgenic plants growing in the middle of nowhere, far from fields," says ecologist Cindy Sagers of the University of Arkansas (U.A.) in Fayetteville

Monsanto needs to find out who owns the middle of nowhere and sue them into the ground. Imagine, a place on earth letting Monsanto seeds grow on it that doesn't pay Monsanto for it! The nerve! Especially since court after court has upheld Monsanto's right to sue anything anywhere with growing Monsanto seeds. And if it's government land, no excuse - time to fork over the tax dollars.

And if you think this is a parody, you don't know what is going on with Monsanto.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Nor does Monsanto claim ownership of the escaped plants, even those with multiple transgenes, according to company spokesman John Combest.

Sounds like Monsanto admits its genes are trespassing.

Somebody should turn the tables and sue them.

[J Edgar]

Genetically Modified crops are evil and against God's Plan. Companies who push this for profit will eventually make abortion look like child's play when the toll in deaths and disease are counted!

Europe has outlawed US GM food, it is only our corrupt politicians who have allowed this to happen. Mass starvation is going to be the end product.

[JRandomFreeper]

So, genetically modified food crops are going into the wild and surviving without payments to the patent holder.

Seems like the patent holder should have done a better job of protecting it's intellectual property.

On the plus side, after we get hit with EMP from the evil axis, mutant biker zombies from the inner cities, and the ultimate results of election 2008, food might easier to find for those that live through it.

And remember "Never release nanobot assemblers without replication limiting code" Only you can prevent gray goo.

/johnny

[JoeProBono]

a beautiful yellow field of Canola growing like a carpet on the landscape.

[freebilly]

"...there are sexually compatible weeds all over North America," Sagers says"

That's what I'm talking about...!

[bigbob]

Whew, when I first read the title I thought it said “genetically modified CRAP”!

[call meVeronica]

bump

[hinckley buzzard]

"We found transgenic plants growing in the middle of nowhere, far from fields," says ecologist Cindy Sagers of the University of Arkansas (U.A.)

If this idiot child is "surprised" by this, then she needs to go into another line of work. Apparently she believes certain genetic makeup will somehow magically confine itself to the boundaries of farmers' fields.

[PeaceBeWithYou]

Newsflash: GM isn’t new or dangerous. Man has been doing it for thousands of years.

Perhaps you’ve heard of Agriculture? Farming?

[Waverunner]

The original genetically modified crop was introdocued in 1956.

[airborne]

I’ve been harvesting seeds from the garden this year. Not sure if it’s true, but a friend told me I’ll get bigger yields from second generation plants.

[SunkenCiv]

It remains to be seen how much sexual mingling such transgenic plants do...

Thanks Palter!

• The Bum Rap on Biofuels
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[bigheadfred]

That likely means that transgenic canola plants are cross-pollinating in the wild—and swapping introduced genes

Whatever. That likely means those damn seagulls haven't been using the port-a-potties I place around my fields.