It’s all about #seeds. A centuries old tree, a field full of crops, or a fresh sapling; all of them start with a seed. The fight to control food production is a fight to own the seed. One of the many problems with genetically modified (GM) crops is that farmers don’t...
As with almost all agricultural policy throughout the world, it seems that life-changing decisions are being made based purely on profit. Detached academics, policy makers and economists seem determined to destroy what has taken many thousands of years to develop....
##Biopiracy is the practice of commercially exploiting naturally occurring biochemical or genetic material, especially by obtaining patents that restrict its future use, while failing to pay fair compensation to the community from which it originates. The US patent...