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[EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>]

The information in your notes needs to be updated, Gene, as now these
companies have taken another huge and terrifying step towards world
domination.
Be aware that these companies are now patenting more than just seed.  In
some cases, especially for medicinal uses, they are patenting whole
indigenous plants or extracts from plants that have been around and used
for food and medicine by locals for thousands of years.   (I saw an
Indian documentary on this subject)  They patent the plants as if they
were God the Creator, even ones that are not artificial or altered in
any way.

B

Gene GeRue wrote:

> With incredible speed, a handful of companies is taking over global
>  development, production, processing and marketing of food. RAFI says
>  that 10 companies already control 40 percent of the world seed
> business. Among these is the Novartis company. 2-20-98: Novartis adds
> the 25 new patents to a growing portfolio of intellectual property.
> To date, the company controls more than 50 patents surrounding
> agricultural biotechnology, and has applications pending on more than
> 100 additional inventions.
--
"The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public
debt  should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered
and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed
lest Rome become bankrupt.  People must again learn to work, instead of
living on public assistance."

--Cicero, 55 BC
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