Re: Food for thought

**"bbmackey" b*@prodigy.net**

Very interesting, Duane.  I never went to court records for the reasoning 
and facts behind the case. How much seed was involved? Did the farmer save 
seed from the other portion of the crop? Did he use Roundup elsewhere on his 
farm? (And what kind of "organic farmer" uses Roundup anyway?)

Your point is very good but would have been better had you refrained from 
casting aspersions at the end.

-- Betty

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Duane Campbell" <dcamp@chilitech.net>
>
> Here are the facts from the court records. The nearest Rountup Ready 
> canola
> field was five miles away. How some of Schmeiser's field became
> "contaminated" is unknown. What is known is that this "organic" farmer
> sprayed a small portion of his crop -- the portion that he knew had been
> "contaminated"? -- with Roundup and then saved the seed from the surviving
> plants for his following year's planting. The court determined, quite
> rationally, that he was intentionally saving (stealing?) Roundup Ready 
> seed.
>
> As a poster boy for organic victimization by GM crops, Schmeiser seems to 
> be
> just a tad compromised. Not that it matters to those who want to believe.
>
> D
>

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