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To: M Kehoe; Diana in Wisconsin; metmom
There is no easy answer to the GMO/ non GMO question,
as Mexico has many heritage corn crops, unique to their geographic area.
All corn is mostly wind pollinated, although some insects also help with pollination of the crop.

I recall a lawsuit several years ago, a farmer grew non-GMO corn crop, and along side his field was a GMO (patented) corn crop by another farmer.
The non-GMO farmer kept his seed from year-to-year for replanting; while the GMO (patented seed) crop farmer bought new seed each year as per contract with the supplier.
The lawsuit was about some of the GMO (wind driven) pollen falling onto the non-GMO crop,
and the GMO Seed and Chemical company found some of the non-GMO corn with traces of their patent, and impounded the non-GMO crop.
I never did learn of the legal outcome, since legally wind driven pollination is considered "an act of God", and thus, uncontrollable.

39 posted on 02/01/2023 11:39:07 AM PST by Tilted Irish Kilt
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To: Tilted Irish Kilt

I remember that story too, but not the outcome.


49 posted on 02/01/2023 12:07:17 PM PST by ro_dreaming (Who knew "Idiocracy", "1984", "Enemy of the State", and "Person of Interest" would be non-fiction?)
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To: Tilted Irish Kilt

He lost because he was spraying his seed corn fields with round up to find the plants that had hybridized with the neighbors GMO corn in order to use it in his own development program. Clear intellectual property theft.

Media never tells the truth. They have a narrative and it’s never on the side of human flourishing.


53 posted on 02/01/2023 12:30:18 PM PST by Valpal1 (Not even the police are safe from the police!!!)
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