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Not a big fan of that either man! I like heirloom varieties of all kinds of things. I go to farmers markets and support people who make good distinct veggies and food. Much of that is the buyer at the store though. Ever try selling someone a bruised tomato? It's almost impossible!

Well children and plants aren't exactly the same. We are talking business not just genetics. And currently yes, you can get sued for planting someone else's plants if you didn't buy it. We sign contracts annually promising not to replant the seed. That isn't new. The drifting of pollen...

Patents also help the little guy. Without a patent big guys will make your new product cheaper and quicker than you could. Inventors around the world need patents, especially the little guys. I think this conversation is more about politics than farming :)

Awesome, an article written by a physicist "Eco-feminist". I'm sure she fed lots of people in her life. Her angry bloggings are delusional.

I believe that patenting of plants is only currently allowed for Gmo, because they cost so much to produce. Breeders rights work very much like patents do anyway, with a different name and an exemption for national interest and an expiration, but even by saying you only want breeders rights not...

I think you have some very valid concerns. Like I said they have sharks in their company, their legal team eats without mercy. My opinion though is that is why we have courts. You pointed to several cases where the courts limited the ability of big ag to patent plants. There are however...

Monsanto is responsible for much of all selective breeding done in the world for common food crops. Not just Gmo crops, selective breeding by natural means too. Only a small percentage of their seeds are gmo. I used to do a few hundred test plots for Monsanto tomatoes every year, trying to...

I felt the need to point out a few observations. I've worked in the herb industry for 2 decades now, but have been growing different crops for decades before. Tomatoes before, thousands of acres. We were a small tomato farm, not a big one. Get used to it, this will happen to pot too. Farms will...