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  • From: "Bill Shoemaker" <wshoemak AT inil.com>
  • To: <avalonfarmshomegrown AT earthlink.net>, "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
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  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] GMOs
  • Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2004 08:04:27 -0600

Brigette

Others may differ but I believe it's impossible to be apolitical. After
all, politics are just groups of people working out differences. However,
what I think most people object to is blatant, biased disparagement of other
people. Others think that's what the fun is all about. But this is a
market-farming list and once the topic drifts too far away from
market-farming, the flaming will start. Basically, you gotta have Rhino-skin
and not expect others to always agree.

Bill Shoemaker
Sr Research Specialist, Food Crops
Univ of Illinois - St Charles Hort Research Center


>Hello to all on the list....
>I am well aware that the vast majority of readers on the list are opposed
>to GMO's and I'm not attempting to argue the pro's and con's. But, after
>visiting China where there is no legal system to protect those who invent
>(patents), those who create (copyrights), or develop trademarks/names, I
>have a greater appreciation for our own (US) legal system. Yes, it protects
>the Monsantos, but it will also protect you and I when we invest our
>energy, talent and financial resources in whatever we might choose to seek
>protection on. Now that the Chinese are bottling "Napa Valley" wines, and
>"Great Lakes" fruit juices some of us are looking at things a little
>differently.
>
>I also find it curious that some topics, like GMO's, are freely lambasted
>on this list since it's supposed to be "non-political". Not too long ago,
>as a newby who didn't know any better, I was soundly chastised for being
>"too political" in my posting. That said, I do enjoy reading most of the
>postings and have found some of them of value for our own operation.
>
>Brigette Leach
>avalonfarmshomegrown AT earthlink.net
>Avalon Farms Premium Homegrown
>Climax MI 49034
>Have you checked out our "Share of the Farm"? Contact us for more
>information.
>
>
>
>
>> [Original Message]
>> From: maureen bostock <maureenbostock AT hotmail.com>
>> To: <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
>> Date: 3/4/2004 10:57:55 AM
>> Subject: [Market-farming] GMOs
>>
>> I read Ann E. Clark's excellent review of the supreme court of Canada's
>> hearing of Percy's appeal. I think she makes a good point when she says
>> that the motivation of Monsanto is to make it difficult to grow
>> open-pollinated species of plants. Of course, their primary motivation
>is
>> marketshare. What also concerns me is the farmer working in less
>democratic
>> conditions elsewhere in the world where the farmer's vulnerability to the
>> Monsanto police may result in him or her deciding that it is safer to
>just
>> grow GMOs than fight the company.
>> Maureen
>>
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