Syngenta Now Patenting Natural Foods with NO GM Biotechnology
Using a process long-used by farmers
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The Big Six biotech companies have had their way patenting genetically modified foods for decades now; that, we know. But unsuspecting individuals likely have no idea that companies like Syngenta and Monsanto have been patenting REAL food (also known simply as food) which was not made in a lab using gene splicing or editing techniques.
Just ten companies control 65% of proprietary, or intellectual property (IP)-protected, seed, but it appears that it isn’t enough that they control GM seed. If this is allowed unchecked, the time-honored tradition of growing, saving, and exchanging seed could be limited to a few corporations.
At one time the US Department of Agriculture, formed in 1862, spent roughly a third of its budget disseminating seeds to farmers across the US, but now the agency seems bent on protecting the wealth of just a few individuals running a handful of companies at the expense of a viable world food supply.
Monsanto already attempted to patent a non-GM tomato, and now Syngenta has tried to patent natural foods, even though in Europe, non-GM plants cannot be patented by law. The company obtained the rights to patent a pepper strain which has been developed, arguably, over millions of years.
Using SMART breeding, not GM technology, Syngenta obtained a patent from the European Office of Patents for a strain of pepper that is high yielding, and resistant to pests – but this occurred naturally through time through the genius of Mother Nature, not the biotech industry. Since Syngenta now owns the patent, though, you can’t grow this pepper without their permission. This also means that if their patented pepper strain should cross-pollinate with your peppers, you could be held liable in court for growing a ‘proprietary’ secret.
SMART breeding is a conventional plant-growing technique which identifies desirable genes and in the plant’s DNA and then this plant is cross-bred with other plants to give them these desirable qualities (like high yields or resistance to bugs or drought).
There is nothing about this process that is proprietary to Syngenta. It has been used by farmers for millennia through the simple observation of their crops. Certain strains of plants are known to adapt to the region in which they are grown over time. It has been happening for millennia.
Nevertheless, the European Patent Office granted Syngenta a patent for a pepper which is resistant to whiteflies that is applicable in 38 EU countries.
Ask yourself – what will Big Biotech try to patent next? The US Supreme Court has declared that human genes cannot be patented, but if this industry has their way, your DNA could be up next for corporate ownership.
 | Christina Sarich is a humanitarian and freelance writer helping you to Wake up Your Sleepy Little Head, and See the Big Picture. Her blog is Yoga for the New World. Her latest book is Pharma Sutra: Healing the Body And Mind Through the Art of Yoga. |
Personally I think the only way of stopping Monsatan and the other evil agri-businesses would be to line up all of the corporate officers and give them a good spraying of agent orange, DDT, and roundup. Of course that would accomplish nothing because, according to Monsatan, those products do no harm.
The only other recourse is to keep supporting those opposed to GMO’s and vote with your wallet. Buy organic and live organic.
The Real reason that Syngenta is buying patents for your food is so that they can then stop farmers from growing non-gmo foods, this is one of goals for socialism.
Monsatan-Syngeta-Bayer are all the devil in a human form.
The link for the SMART breeding is broken. Do you have a better link? Thanks …
Along the same lines as this article, note that Mon[ster]santo is getting into ‘natural’ foods with its own ‘improved’ line of ‘Beneforté’ seeds.
Trusting Syngenta is like trusting Satan!
What right does Syngenta have to patent foods grown in nature?
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Transient Homo Sapiens do no own this planet,which was not created for them.
I remember when laws actually meant something and applied to everyone. Messing with food and water was unheard of and would never have been approved of prior to Citizen’s United that bought all the laws and genetically modified them to suit their stock holders.. This world is going to hell in some one’s briefcase.while everyone is watching it happening and hardly anything is done about it. Could be as simple as what’s in our drinking water that we are all so passive about how we are being systematically eliminated little by little, one or two at a time so it doesn’t draw much attention to it. Nicely done, PTB.
If this is true, it’s concerning and may imped innovation. However, patents are not simple documents and the devil is in the details.
Little miss chrissy likes to act like this is something new, but in reality seed companies have patented their seed for decades. Long before gmos. True farmers used to save seeds like soybeans and nothing ever became of it. It was still illegal, but the companies never took action.
Oppression and tyranny have been around for a long time.
When the communities supported their local Families and members, they were less likely to narc each other off for providing life’s necessities.
Today the divide has set a dramatic shift in the balance and destroyed the local structures.
Like Stinky, he gets off on seeing others suffer, for humanitarian reasons.
Sorry, don’t have a clue what you are talking about. My small community does support each other and we don’t advocate breaking the law like you are recommending. Like any real vet would have ever done that. You only keep digging your hole deeper.
Of course you don’t have a clue when it comes to the inherent rights of the people, you are constantly stating that individual rights are against the law. And yes the paid activists are a small group, you might keep that in mind.
Where did I advocate breaking the law, I merely implied that you support corporate tyranny and oppression through monopoly and are very inclined to rat off your neighbors because you like to see people suffer.
You don’t know what it means to willingly sacrifice all for the people, so your fictitious knowledge of vets is merely used to sway the sheep. You don’t have a clue.
My only mistake was admitting to serving this Nation to someone who only cares about themselves, you started with lumpy and continued with me, just to advance your agenda.
Trying to retract your law breaking attitude now? Typical of a weasel when backed into a corner. Surprised you are still are keeping up your lie about being a vet. Again all you have to do is supply the proof.
I made an open admission of being a Bronze Star recipient, call the Fed’s, they will arrest me if it isn’t authorized.
I even dropped my VPN just for you, rat me out Stinky.
You sound like your pretty tough, I know you only pick fights that your sure to win. And hiding in virtual reality is a guaranteed win for Stinky, lmao.
Again you have added nothing. You are the one to scared to offer proof. Very shameful posing as a vet and then in the next comment wanting to see the destruction of the country you supposedly defended.
LMAO.
You don’t have the slightest clue…
Just more than you do
Promises are being made, you will soon find out, they never had any intention of keeping them.
That’s how it works, your just a tool and when they are done with you, your out with the trash.
whenever gmo trolls come here I KNOW the article is TRUE!
Look it up if you think patenting crops is something new.
of course we believe everything the monsatan troll says…..
The intelligent ones that do look it up only see how stupid you are.
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Is that the best you can do when someone shows you up? How sad.
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