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  • From: Bill Shoemaker <wshoemak AT illinois.edu>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Monsanto Boycott
  • Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 14:34:45 -0500 (CDT)

I agree. But, you know what their priorities are. This must be mandated by
our governments or it will not happen. Hence the need for public action on
this issue.

Bill

>
> Although we appreciate the need to protect the
> intellectual property rights that have spurred the
> investments into research and development that have
> led to agritech's successes, we also believe food
> safety and environmental protection depend on making
> plant products available to regular scientific
> scrutiny. Agricultural technology companies should
> therefore immediately remove the restriction on
> research from their end-user agreements. Going
> forward, the EPA should also require, as a condition
> of approving the sale of new seeds, that independent
> researchers have unfettered access to all products
> currently on the market. The agricultural revolution
> is too important to keep locked behind closed doors.
William H Shoemaker, UI-NRES
Sr Research Specialist, Food Crops
St Charles Horticulture Research Center
535 Randall Road St Charles, IL 60174
630-584-7254; FAX-584-4610




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