Re: GM seeds - who benefits?
This is called terminator technology, and is already widely used for GM seeds. The whole purpose of GM technology is to further consolidate the agro-market by agro-companies. Among the first things these companies did was to buy up all the seed houses and stop selling seeds that can reproduce, forcing farmers to buy terminator GM seeds. These costs more, and are also so productive that the price of the crop drops to the point that independent farmers are going out of business in droves.
Originally posted by CerberusIV
The point that struck me was the suggestion that seeds could be modified so that the resulting plant would not produce further seeds. one way of stopping GM plants spreading but great for the bio-tech companies turnover.
The point that struck me was the suggestion that seeds could be modified so that the resulting plant would not produce further seeds. one way of stopping GM plants spreading but great for the bio-tech companies turnover.
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