Rogue Monsanto GM wheat escapes into Canada.

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Illegal Monsanto GMO wheat discovered at ‘isolated site’ in Canada

The crop, of unknown origin, was first discovered on an access road in Alberta last year, after it survived the spraying of the area with herbicide, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) said Thursday. After conducting thorough tests on the samples, the watchdog concluded that the crop was “genetically modified and herbicide-tolerant,” and was never approved for commercial use or production within Canada. The agency then narrowed down the producer of the crop to be Monsanto, the agrochemical and biotechnology giant.


“CFIA confirmed that the Alberta wheat sample was a match for a Monsanto GM wheat line (MON71200), which was used in multiple confined research field trials in the late 1990s and early 2000s in both Canada and the United States,” the watchdog said in its report.

Despite the fact that genetically modified wheat is not approved for commercial use anywhere in the world due to safety concerns, both the US and Canada have previously conducted field trials on GMO wheat, David Bailey, director of the CFIA’s plant production division, noted.

It remains a mystery how the strain got into the wild more than 62 miles (100 km) away from any known former test fields. The size of the contaminated patch is also unclear. Authorities, however, are adamant that no GM wheat has entered the country's commercial system, and hope that the discovery will not interfere with the export trade of one of the world’s largest wheat exporters.

https://www.rt.com/news/429813-monsanto-unapproved-wheat-canada/
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These GM fools- and the mugs that support them- ought to be prosecuted to their last ill-gotten dollar.

Contamination of Canadian wheat will be an economic disaster.
 
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moon said:
These GM fools- and the mugs that support them- ought to be prosecuted to their last ill-gotten dollar.

Contamination of Canadian wheat will be an economic disaster.
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Why? Haven't people been hybridizing plants for thousands of years?
 
kudzu said:
So what is wrong with Monsanto wheat? Isn't it drought and pest resistant as well as high yield?
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Because Anti-Monsanto zealots in europe have banned the stuff so its presence will result in wheat that cannot be exported. More particularly though, Monsanto did have several court wins regarding patent infringements against people alleging that their adjoining crops weren't unlicensed because the wind cross pollinated it with people who had the license to grow it. I personally loathe plant patents.
 
Kacper said:
Because Anti-Monsanto zealots in europe have banned the stuff so its presence will result in wheat that cannot be exported.

More particularly though, Monsanto did have several court wins regarding patent infringements against people alleging that their adjoining crops weren't unlicensed because the wind cross pollinated it with people who had the license to grow it. I personally loathe plant patents.
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Oh ... you explained that nicely. Thanks.
 
kudzu- many people LIKE natural produce. They do NOT want to consume genetically-manipulated food. When they buy wheat from Canada they do so because it is ' guaranteed ' to be non-GM.
GM is HATED for several reasons- Monsanto's unacceptable behavior being one of them.

Do YOU have a choice between GM or natural food or has GM been forced upon you ?
 
moon said:
kudzu- many people LIKE natural produce. They do NOT want to consume genetically-manipulated food. When they buy wheat from Canada they do so because it is ' guaranteed ' to be non-GM.
GM is HATED for several reasons- Monsanto's unacceptable behavior being one of them.

Do YOU have a choice between GM or natural food or has GM been forced upon you ?
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As usual you are a day late and dollar short. Canada has had GM crops for quite while and they are increasing. https://www.statista.com/topics/3013/genetically-modified-gm-crops-in-canada/
 
kudzu said:
I am completely in the dark on this issue.. Give me a head's up.
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The seeds are patented!

1] If the seeds find their way unto your fields --you owe Monsanto royalties.

2] Some seed groups are lab-designed to NOT be reproducible ---the plants produce sterile seeds--- so you must but seeds again for next years crops.


So, planting a Monsanto-free garden is not so simple as buying certified organic or heirloom seed anymore, now that Monsanto owns so many seed distributors. Seminis' regular, non-GMO seeds are carried by many popular garden catalogs (including Burpee), and most large chains of nurseries and hardware stores.

All of this interest has created some confusion as to what an heirloom seed truly is. ... Other folks think that anything that is not organic or heirloom means that it is GMO. To make matters worse, some larger seed companies sell both heirloom and hybrid seeds that are certified organic, further confusing the matter.Dec 18, 2011

Hybrid seeds are created by crossing two selected varieties, sometimes resulting in vigorous plants that yield more than heirlooms. Heirloom vegetables are old-time varieties, open-pollinated instead of hybrid, and saved and handed down through multiple generations of families.

With approval from the US Department of Agriculture in the bag, in 1994 farmers began growing soybeans with Monsanto’s GM seeds, making their crops immune to the most commonly used weed killer in the industry (another Monsanto product: Round-Up).

Monsanto also developed a way to ensure crops could not produce viable seeds: sterile seed technology prevented second-generation crops, prompting the nickname ‘terminator seeds’. According to Monsanto’s website, the company has never commercialised this technology, and in 1999 made a decision never to do so. Despite this, backlash from anti-GM activists resulted all the same, with many accusing Monsanto of preventing farmers from using their best seeds – a practice that has been in place for centuries.

While terminator seeds may not be in general circulation, it is true Monsanto does not allow its customers to reuse seeds for a second season. Despite criticism, the company maintains banning second-generation crops is necessary in order to prevent the spread of glyphosate resistance among crops. Nonetheless, over the years, many have argued this rule is simply a clever sales tactic.

Public outcry
Despite the company’s chequered history, the general public was largely unaware Monsanto even existed for many years.
Further criticism was levelled at Monsanto’s interactions with farmers. Vanity Fair reported that in 2008 Missouri shop owner Gary Rinehart had recalled how six years earlier, anonymous men in suits had turned up at his convenience store, accusing him of planting Monsanto soybeans without consent. They reportedly advised him to “come clean and settle with Monsanto… or face the consequences”. The article described a fear among farmers of the company’s alleged behaviour towards those it believed had infringed its copyright. “Farmers call them the ‘seed police’”, wrote Donald L Barlett and James B Steele, “and use words such as ‘Gestapo’ and ‘Mafia’ to describe their tactics”.

The most prominent of such cases was that of Percy Schmeiser, a Canadian farmer who was sued by Monsanto in 1998 for refusing to pay a licensing fee for Round-Up Ready Canola. Schmeiser argued the seeds had blown onto his farm, and so growing the crop had been unintentional. The story blew up when it was made into a documentary called David vs Monsanto, reinforcing in the public imagination the idea of the company as a Goliath using its deep pockets to prosecute poor farmers.

For its own part, Monsanto has never denied investigating those it believes to have unlawfully used its seeds. In a series of articles published on its website, the company described the process by which it goes about investigating possible cases of “farmer seed patent infringement”...
https://www.worldfinance.com/markets/the-gmo-debate-sowing-the-seeds-of-controversy
 
moon said:
kudzu- many people LIKE natural produce. They do NOT want to consume genetically-manipulated food. When they buy wheat from Canada they do so because it is ' guaranteed ' to be non-GM.
GM is HATED for several reasons- Monsanto's unacceptable behavior being one of them.

Do YOU have a choice between GM or natural food or has GM been forced upon you ?
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Man has been hybridizing plants for 10,000 years.. Probably started with Chickpeas.
 
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