Farming's New Feudalism. Robert Schubert.
by Schubert, Robert; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 51Health. Publisher: World Watch, 2005ISSN: 1522-323X;.Subject(s): Agricultural laws and legislation | Agricultural subsidies | Consolidation and merger of corporations | Farmers | Farmers -- Canada | Monsanto Company | Patent infringement | Plant biotechnology | Seed industry and tradeDDC classification: 050 Summary: The author details the case of Percy Schmeiser, a farmer sued by "Monsanto Corporation...after their canola seed was found to contain the company's patented, herbicide-resistant genes. The case generated worldwide headlines and an uncertain future for many farmers....The fact that a transnational corporation would persecute small farmers is troubling to many, and shows the depth and breadth of a decades-long transformation: the steady erosion of farmers' practice of developing and saving seeds." (WORLD WATCH)| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Farming's New Feudalism, May/June 2005; pp. 10-15.
The author details the case of Percy Schmeiser, a farmer sued by "Monsanto Corporation...after their canola seed was found to contain the company's patented, herbicide-resistant genes. The case generated worldwide headlines and an uncertain future for many farmers....The fact that a transnational corporation would persecute small farmers is troubling to many, and shows the depth and breadth of a decades-long transformation: the steady erosion of farmers' practice of developing and saving seeds." (WORLD WATCH)
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