"Monsanto’s efforts to usher genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) into the European Union (EU) have been largely stagnant in recent years, so the multinational corporation and others in the industry are taking a new and more evil approach to gain more market control. According to a recent announcement put forth by the human rights advocacy group No Patents on Seeds!, the European Patent Office (EPO) is now granting biotechnology companies patents on all-natural crops such as broccoli, which was recently handed over as private property to Monsanto. Exploiting an egregious loophole in European patent law, Monsanto and others have been feverishly filing for patents on all sorts of natural crops, presumably in response to widespread resistance by members of the European public to its GMO offerings. Most recently, EPO granted Monsanto a patent on conventionally-bred broccoli, which includes not only broccoli seeds but also the “severed broccoli head” and the “plurality of broccoli plants … grown in a field of broccoli” – in other words, broccoli in all of its natural forms. Read more at realfarmacy/monsanto-patent-on-natural-broccoli-seeds/#5r4BAY7dgieSE0Gt.99 "
Posted on: Sun, 07 Jul 2013 10:16:48 +0000
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