Farmer, marketer at odds over sales of white nectarines
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Re: Farmer, marketer at odds over sales of white nectarines
#2>locked in a legal battle with a company that claims exclusive rights over the variety of white nectarine he grows.
>[...] Fruit patents are becoming more common
this is unbelievably stupid. no company should have rights or patents over a variety of food.
Re: Farmer, marketer at odds over sales of white nectarines
#3Reminds me of Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath.
Re: Farmer, marketer at odds over sales of white nectarines
#4> locked in a legal battle with a company that claims exclusive rights over the variety of white nectarine he grows. > [...] Fruit patents are becoming more common this is unbelievably stupid. no company should have rights or patents over a variety of food.
...and none does. You can grow and sell any peach you want; the tree has no sense of the childish tantrums of the state over its bounty.
This is a strong and obvious indications that the laws and statues as presented by the state are not in fact the actual underlying modes under which society operates.
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Re: Farmer, marketer at odds over sales of white nectarines
#6Patents on food crops, even genetically engineered ones, are evil. ALL our staple food crops and most non staples are genetically engineered by millennia of cultivation and selective breeding; CRISPR is just a fancy mechanism for what we’ve always done to food.
Regulations that prevent farmers from selling food that is safe, are evil. It doesn’t matter how well intentioned the regulation is.
Any government functionary that tries to prevent a farmer from selling safe food, is doing evil. Any lawyer that tries to prevent a farmer from selling food, is doing evil. Any court that enjoins a farmer from selling safe food, is doing evil. If the farmer is found to have violated some IP claim, then the proper remedy is monetary damages after the fact, not enjoined before the fact.
Re: Farmer, marketer at odds over sales of white nectarines
#7> In its court filings, Giumarra says all rights to the Monalise variety are owned by Star Fruits Diffusion, a French company that works with plant breeding programs, while Giumarra holds the right to sublicense the variety for testing, production and sale.
> French company
Enough said. This US admin will nuke that agreement instantly. If it was a fellow American company, let it pass.
Re: Farmer, marketer at odds over sales of white nectarines
#8> locked in a legal battle with a company that claims exclusive rights over the variety of white nectarine he grows. > [...] Fruit patents are becoming more common this is unbelievably stupid. no company should have rights or patents over a variety of food.
> this is unbelievably stupid. no company should have rights or patents over a variety of food.
Wait until you hear about Monsanto/Bayer - a quick Google of "monsanto food patents" brings up the highlights.
Re: Farmer, marketer at odds over sales of white nectarines
#9Patents on food crops, even genetically engineered ones, are evil. ALL our staple food crops and most non staples are genetically engineered by millennia of cultivation and selective breeding; CRISPR is just a fancy mechanism for what we’ve always done to food. Regulations that prevent farmers from selling food that is safe, are evil. It doesn’t matter how well intentioned the regulation is. Any government functionar…
Oh, and there is a special place in hell reserved for anyone involved in designing food crops that can’t reproduce.
Re: Farmer, marketer at odds over sales of white nectarines
#10> locked in a legal battle with a company that claims exclusive rights over the variety of white nectarine he grows. > [...] Fruit patents are becoming more common this is unbelievably stupid. no company should have rights or patents over a variety of food.
...and none does. You can grow and sell any peach you want; the tree has no sense of the childish tantrums of the state over its bounty. This is a strong and obvious indications that the laws and statues as presented by the state are not in fact the actual underlying modes under which society operates.
> ..and none does.
Monsanto begs to differ - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowman_v._Monsanto_Co.