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Default proposed California law to hurt foodies and the poor

On Sat, 30 Jun 2012 23:38:05 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:

> Malcom "Mal" Reynolds wrote:
> > In article >, "Jean B." > wrote:
> >
> >> Doug Freyburger wrote:
> >>>
> >>> My current objection to GMO products is the corporate tactics of the
> >>> companies sueing farmers for keeping some of their seed for the next
> >>> year as has been done since the invention of argiculture.
> >> How about suing farmers when the GMO material drifts into their
> >> fields?

> >
> > under tort law, that amounts to trespassing and is actionable

>
> Wouldn't it be the farmers whose fields GMO products have strayed
> into who could sue then?


Unfortunately, in reality the opposite happens. It's one way to drive
the smaller producer out of business.

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