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Article: Canada sows sterile seeds.(Brief Article)
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- New Internationalist
- Article date:
- May 1, 2005
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'The Canadian Government has acted shamefully. It is supporting a dangerous, anti-farmer technology that aims to eliminate the rights of farmers to save and reuse harvested seed.' The words are those of Canadian farmer Percy Schmeiser, speaking at a UN meeting in Bangkok on biodiversity in February. The 74-year-old Schmeiser became a public figure in the fight for biodiversity when he was sued by the agribusiness giant Monsanto for patent infringement. 'Instead of representing the good will of the Canadian people or attending to the best interests of the Biodiversity Treaty,' he has said, 'the Canadian Government is fronting for the multinational gene giants who stand to ...