USDA Seeks Method to Compensate Farmers for GM Contamination

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http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/663740/usda_seeks_method_to_compensate_farmers_for_gm_contamination/


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Get this: Vilsack told AC21 to come up with a plan for compensating organic or conventional farmers whose crops become contaminated by GM genes through pollen drift.

According to Food Chemical News, Vilsack gave a three-part charge to the panel:

What types of compensation mechanisms, if any, would be appropriate?
What would be necessary to implement such mechanisms?
What other actions would be appropriate to bolster or facilitate coexistence among different agricultural production systems in the United States?

Vilsack urged the committee to address the questions in order and not yield to temptation to address the third question first.

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please delete this

[nykym]

1. First off

All GMO companies need to be banned from suing farmers for patent infringement, especially when they have never used the products.

[demmiblue]

5. Yep! n/t

[shraby]

2. Second, those companies should be compensating the

farmers for contaminating their crops.

[demmiblue]

6. Yep, again! n/t

[jwirr]

3. The only compensation is to get rid of the GM crops and clean up

the fields.

[Maine_Nurse]

4. Sieze the assets of every board member and officer of Monanto. It would be a start. nt