*Control tactics*


May 15, 2006


    *"The Earth is flat, pigs were invented by Monsanto, and genetically
    modified organisms are safe. Right."
    <http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/chris/2006/05/15/the_earth_is_flat_pigs_were_invented_by_monsanto_and_genetically_modified_organisms_are_safe_right.htm>*

Through more patent perversions such as the earlier "Terminator
Corporations' Suicide Seeds
<http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/chris/2006/02/27/terminator_corporations_suicide_seeds.htm>"
Monsanto is blatantly continuing their scheme of rounding up the food
chain from A to Z!

"One way or another, Monsanto wants to make sure no food is grown that
they don't own -- and the record shows they don't care if it's safe for
the environment or not. Monsanto has aggressively set out to bulldoze
environmental concerns about its genetically engineered (GE) seeds at
every regulatory level. So why stop in the field? Not content to own the
pesticide and the herbicide and the crop, they've made a move on the
barnyard by filing two patents which would make the corporate giant the
sole owner of that famous Monsanto invention: the pig. "

"The big picture is chilling to anyone who mistrusts Monsanto's record
disinterest for environmental safety. And if you're not worried, you
should be: central control of food supply has been a standard ingredient
for social and political control throughout history. By creating a
monopoly position, Monsanto can force dangerous experiments like the
release of GMOs into the environment on an unwilling public. They can
ensure that GMOs will be sold and consumed wherever they say they will."

Such blatant abuse can only continue if it is not challenged.
Unfortunately, the typical lack of response from the masses and the idle
government oversight is precisely why these perversions occur and
continue. Sadly the only way to counter these shenanigans is to
collectively and openly flaunt these patents ...

//Chris Gupta//
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**Monsanto Files Patent for New Invention: The Pig** - The original is
here <http://www.greenpeace.org/international/news/monsanto-pig-patent-111>

It's official. Monsanto Corporation is out to own the world's food
supply, the dangers of genetic engineering and reduced biodiversity
notwithstanding, as they pig-headedly set about hog-tying farmers with
their monopoly plans. We've discovered chilling new evidence of this in
recent patents that seek to establish ownership rights over pigs and
their offspring. In the crop department, Monsanto is well on their way
to dictating what consumers will eat, what farmers will grow, and how
much Monsanto will get paid for seeds. In some cases those seeds are
designed not to reproduce sowable offspring. In others, a flock of
lawyers stand ready to swoop down on farmers who illegally, or even
unknowingly, end up with Monsanto's private property growing in their
fields.

One way or another, Monsanto wants to make sure no food is grown that
they don't own -- and the record shows they don't care if it's safe for
the environment or not. Monsanto has aggressively set out to bulldoze
environmental concerns about its genetically engineered (GE) seeds at
every regulatory level. So why stop in the field? Not content to own the
pesticide and the herbicide and the crop, they've made a move on the
barnyard by filing two patents which would make the corporate giant the
sole owner of that famous Monsanto invention: the pig.

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posted by *Chris Gupta* on *Monday May 15* 2006

More detail at:
http://www.greenpeace.org/international/news/monsanto-pig-patent-111