{"article":{"id":7638,"heading":"Percy Schmeiser: Canadian Farmer Fights Back","author":"Mark Gabrish Conlan\/Zenger's Newsmagazine","created":"2001-06-24 15:39:30","modified":"2013-11-10 23:37:40","last_modified":"Mon, 11 Nov 2013 06:37:40","article":"

Percy Schmeiser: Canadian Farmer Fights Back









































<\/p>\n","contact":"mgconlan@earthlink.net","link":"http:\/\/zengers.tripod.com","address":"P.O. Box 50134, San Diego, CA 92165","phone":"(619) 688-1886","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"Interview with Percy Schmeiser, the Canadian canola farmer who was sued by Monsanto Corporation for patent infringement because their genetically engineered plants contaminated his fields. He discusses the outrageous decision against him that could leave him owing Monsanto up to $300,000 \u2014 and talks about what he's doing to fight back.","numcomment":8,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/2001\/06\/percy_schm.txt","filesize":"8.4 kibibytes","article_url":"\/news\/2001\/06\/7638.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":23483,"heading":"Percy update \/\/ GMOs, Monsanto, etc.","article":"Here's an update on Percy -- informative audio interview with him at Bioneers:\r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/portland.indymedia.org\/front.php3?article_id=37286&group=webcast","author":"GMOs Suck","parent_id":7638,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2002-12-10 12:17:57","modified":"2002-12-10 12:17:57","fileurl":""},{"id":7695,"heading":"how can it be?","article":"How can Monsanto get away with this? Do the patent laws\r\nreally give them these kinds of sweeping rights? And the other\r\nprovisions of their exclusive licensing sound like the kinds of\r\ntactics that landed Microsoft in hot water with antitrust \r\nregulators in the US.","author":"Guy Berliner","parent_id":7638,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2001-06-25 01:16:35","modified":"2001-06-25 01:57:19","fileurl":""},{"id":7732,"heading":"The hardest work the lowest pay minus more.","article":"The poor farmer in Canada has but one chance to defend what is right.","author":"David C. Isaac","parent_id":7638,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2001-06-25 21:16:49","modified":"2001-06-25 21:30:46","fileurl":""},{"id":7848,"heading":"One word for Percy: CROOK!","article":"Percy Schmeiser is a common thief. Over 95% of his field tested positive for Roundup-Ready soy, and the nearest biotech field was over 5 miles away!\r\n\r\nTell it to the judge, Percy. You were BUSTED, and rightly so.","author":"Chuck U. Farley","parent_id":7638,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2001-06-27 01:39:58","modified":"2001-06-27 01:58:47","fileurl":""},{"id":7943,"heading":"VOICES OF TRUTH AND LOGIC","article":"MR.SCHMEISER is a hero to us all. It is time for us to take the twisted logic of monstrous corporations and challenge them on all levels. Mr. Schmeiser's case should set a precedent to protect all farmers from genetically altered frankenfoods. We still have a few small farmers in Mendocino and are saving loads of local seed. We support Mr. Schmeiser's bravery, his truth and his search for justice. We will be triumphant. The whole world is rising up. Yippee!!!","author":"SHERRY","parent_id":7638,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2001-06-27 20:33:11","modified":"2001-06-27 20:52:41","fileurl":""},{"id":8084,"heading":"Re: one word for Percy","article":"According to this article, the judge ruled that how it got there\r\nis no excuse. It seems that Chuck U Farley disagrees with the \r\njudge in the case, because he disputes only Percy Schmeiser's \r\nclaim that the wind carried the mutant pollen into his field. Whereas,\r\nthe judge ruled that if Schmeiser knowingly OR unknowingly\r\nprofited from Monsanto's legal monopoly on mutant canola, \r\nhe must abide by their licensing terms and pay the same as any\r\nother farmer who deliberately planted it.","author":"Guy Berliner","parent_id":7638,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2001-06-29 03:54:30","modified":"2001-06-29 04:07:51","fileurl":""},{"id":8240,"heading":"A new wrinkle","article":"The genetic contamination which affected Percy Schmeisser's crops has become so widespread, and the GM plants are so difficult to remove because they are resistant to the Roundup herbicide, that Monsanto is now offering to send crews to affected farms to hand-pull the intruding plants, which, weed-like, are interfering with crops other than canola.\r\n\r\nIn just a rew years, their \"masterpiece\" of genetic engineering has achieved the status of a pest.\r\n\r\nIronic, no?","author":"Howard Tracy","parent_id":7638,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2001-07-01 00:25:26","modified":"2001-07-01 01:00:01","fileurl":""},{"id":8339,"heading":"Cotradictory Information","article":"Chuck Farley's email address apparently does not exist. So I'd not take his remarks too seriously. However, I've heard contradictory accounts of the Schmeiser case. I can't remember the source off hand, but one article I read says the judge ruled that the large amount of crops on Schmeiser's land showed it couldn't be accounted for by incidental cross-polination. In which case, it was probably the right ruling. Has anybody got the full scoop on this?\r\n\r\n-Joel Hanson","author":"Joel Hanson","parent_id":7638,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2001-07-02 16:11:21","modified":"2001-07-02 16:28:16","fileurl":""}]}