The Evilness of Monsanto Hits WA Farmers

earthbound

Yeah, how backwards is it.. Basically they could be carrying out one of the greatest crimes against humanity and our essential food sources. Yet they turn around and sue the victims?

If someone produced a particularly nasty strain of a virus that they own patents on and it effects humans, and perhaps it got out and affected people. Could the company turn around and sue those people for illegally being in possession of their virus? I guess so..

As I said earlier, we don't have a "justice" system any more..

earthbound

Was just sent this by Jeff Nugent, author of some permaculture books, he asked to pass it on.

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Dear friends,
below is a link to a youtube vid I have made. It is of some very talented musicians and beautiful people, the Hussy Hicks from the Gold Coast.
They were recently in WA and wrote a song about the contamination of a Western Australian organic farm with GM canola.
I suspect this song will become somewhat of an anthem of the movement.
Please enjoy it and pass it on to as many people as you can.
There is a benefit concert to try to pay the legal costs of Steve Marsh (the farmer who has lost his organic status) at the Fly By Night nightclub in Fremantle on the 16th April.
Be there if you can.
More details about all of this at:
stevemarshbenefitfund.com.au

chillidude

Any relation to Ted ?

Mr Damage

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Meanwhile, the Western Australian Government has done nothing to assist Mr Marsh. Agriculture Minister Terry Redman has taken the same position as Monsanto regarding Mr Marsh's decertification. In October, Redman wrote to Mr Marsh blaming organic standards for not allowing GM contamination. "The threshold for accidental presence in organic crops is an important issue which needs to be addressed to enable coexistence," Minister Redman wrote, stating that zero tolerance for GM in organic crops is "unrealistic".

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I attended a couple of discussions regarding gm crops being grown in WA and petitions were delivered to keep it out, 27000 signatures, thats gotta tell you something. We had the Federation of farmers from the south west, farmers from Canada that spoke at City Farm on the effects on their loss of organic status and a delegation came from Japan, specially to ask that the crops they were purchasing maintained their organic status, cause thats why they buy from us. Apparently not enough good reasons.

I wonder exactly when Mr Redman will be buying that holiday house in Dunsborough… alongside all the other underpaid public servants and union bosses that seem able to afford flash holiday homes down that way?
:think:

Mr Damage.

swanberg

EB wrote:

If someone produced a particularly nasty strain of a virus that they own patents on and it effects humans, and perhaps it got out and affected people. Could the company turn around and sue those people for illegally being in possession of their virus? I guess so..

Essentially, yes. Big pharma is patenting genes. If Big Pharma A patients gene X, and if you then need gene X treated with any gene therapy, regardless if whether that therapy is from Big Pharma A, you have to pay A. Because they patented the gene. Never mind it's been in the gene pool for 3+ million years...

brando

like clockwork. big ag, big pharma, and every other industry you can think of, its too late. hell, even thinking that there are categories of basic essential human activities that have been taken over by big corporations... wait, thats why most of us are here. we cant fight it, but we can support ourselves without them as much as we can. until we cant save seeds. until we need their drugs for ailments caused by their products. etc etc. .

control, they still very much have it

arbe

Another article about this appeared on news.com.au today.

http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/fa ... 6317779869

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A WRIT has been lodged in the West Australian Supreme Court in Perth on behalf of an organic farmer seeking damages for losses suffered after genetically modified (GM) canola contaminated his crops.

Kojonup farmer Stephen Marsh is taking the action against his neighbour after about 70 per cent of his farm was stripped of its organic certification following the GM contamination.

The loss has cost Mr Marsh the premiums on crop sales he would have received under organic status.

Slater and Gordon Lawyers lodged the writ in the Supreme Court today and expect the case to go to trial early next year.

The firm's Mark Walter said Mr Marsh was seeking damages for the loss of his organic certification and a permanent injunction to protect his farm from future contamination.

The law firm is acting without cost for Mr Marsh and the Safe Food Foundation is also supporting his case.

SnowT

About time the Bug gun's stepped..

Got to Love Slater and Gordon Go get them.....

Juergen

rsevs3

Wow... So this is what respect for a lawyer feels like....

Go Slater and Gordon go!

RupertofOZ

I reckon we should ALL sue Monsanto....

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/artic ... _DNL_art_1

pancakes

monsanto sends people around in black cars wearing black suits taking samples of fields then harassing farmers over positive gene tests. I think some gm crops can self pollinate so you could save seeds but now the seed cleaners are followed so any farm using them gets harassed. If you have ever seen the seed cleaner machines for soybeans it looks like a worm trommel. There use to be several seed cleaning companies in each county but now maybe one if any now that monsanto forces farmers to buy new seed every year.

When it comes to contamination they are finding GM genes thousands of mile into the heart of mexico far away from any gm fields now. SO thinking one kilometer will make you safe is just silly.There where countries in south america trying ban gm products but seeds in blank bags are finding their way in some how. I wonder how? I think they feel once they contaminate an area they own it.

DEnd

swanberg wrote:

EB wrote:

If someone produced a particularly nasty strain of a virus that they own patents on and it effects humans, and perhaps it got out and affected people. Could the company turn around and sue those people for illegally being in possession of their virus? I guess so..

Essentially, yes. Big pharma is patenting genes. If Big Pharma A patients gene X, and if you then need gene X treated with any gene therapy, regardless if whether that therapy is from Big Pharma A, you have to pay A. Because they patented the gene. Never mind it's been in the gene pool for 3+ million years...

In the US that's up for debate. http://news.yahoo.com/high-court-throws ... 34977.html

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