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[Sal <sals@rain.org>]

I asked my friend, a farmer in Iowa why was he planting the gene altered
soy beans and he said that his seed company just  gave him the seed free .
hummm wonder if he know about the Indian farmer.  




At 03:05 PM 6/12/98 -0400, gardenbetty@earthlink.net wrote:
>This article reminds me of the story of Cargill Co. and Indian farmers...
Many
>years ago, Cargill offered farmers in India hybrid seeds and all the
chemicals
>they needed to grow the food free for three years. After three years, Cargill
>announced that they would begin charging the farmers for the seed they
needed.
>Those farmers who were unable to afford the hybrid seed (most) lost their
>farms because the open-pollinated seed they had saved three years previously
>was no longer viable. Guess who bought up all that lost farm land?
>
>dawn

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