Remember the story of Percy Schmeiser, the Saskatchewan farmer who is fighting Monsanto? Percy's case is now before the Supreme Court of Canada. From the Globe and Mail: Small Canadian farmer fights biotech giant.
OTTAWA — The case of a small-time farmer from the remote Saskatchewan plains, now before Canada's highest court, may represent the best chance yet for foes of the global biotech revolution to get the law on their side.
Agribusiness giant Monsanto Co. sued the farmer, Percy Schmeiser, after its agents found biotech canola growing in his fields in 1997. It contends he replanted seeds from those plants without paying a technology fee of about $12 an acre.
But Mr. Schmeiser says the Monsanto canola, originating from neighbours' fields, got onto his 1,400 acres without his involvement or knowledge. The 73-year-old farmer says the contamination of his crops destroyed a lifetime of work improving them, so it's hardly right that he would have to pay for Monsanto's seed. [continue]
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PercySchmeiser.com
More Monsanto stupidity - from Mirabilis.ca, August, 2003
Blowin' in the Wind - shared-vision.com. ("In 1997, wind blew Monsanto’s genetically engineered Roundup Ready canola seeds onto Percy Schmeiser’s farm. His life has been a living hell ever since.")
Percy Schmeiser vs. Monsanto - commonground.ca